Ricks POV

I buttoned out my navy blue shirt before putting on my watch and heading out. On the way though Angel stopped me.

"Where are you going off to in such a hurry?" she asked.

"Kates," I answered, brushing past her and walking over to the front door.

"Again huh?" she moaned.

I quickly called out a "yep" before walking through the door and locking it. As I hopped in my truck Angel poked her head out the door and called out to me.

"Does mom know?" she called. I put the truck in reverse before calling out an answer.

"Yeah she knows. I'll be back in a few hours" without further adieu I drove off and turned on to the main road. Kates was only a ten minute drive from here. Wouldn't be long.

As I drove I couldn't help but think about how grateful I was that the love of my life wanted to spend so much time with me. I could spend everyday with her and never get tired of it. Who would? Every part of her is pleasant to be around. I wonder what she has in store for us tonight. I couldn't wait to see her perfect face. If we end up watching another movie I wonder if she'll lay on me like last time. I have to wonder why she wants to lay with me like she does. Does she like me? We almost kissed again yesterday so… probably. But I don't want to risk anything. If i kissed her and she rejected me or fled the room in disgust. I really don't know what I should do. I need her in my life, and now that ive got her i cant fuck this up. But what I wouldn't do to actually have her as my love. To make sweet love to her. Show her how i really feel. On top of taking care of her I would make her feel like the most loved girl in the world. I shook my head to clear my thoughts. I was thinking to wreckless. She's my friend and that's enough for me. I love her. I just want to see her happy. I turned on music for the rest of the ride.

Pulling into Kates driveway i put the truck in park and turned it off. I stepped out into the cool outside and began walking up to the front door. As I did , I heard my phone ring a weather alert. I pulled my phone out to check. It was an warning for a storm with high speed winds. 62% chance of hitting. I looked around the sky to see it was grey. Darker clouds were moving in from afar. I studied them for a moment before turning to the door and knocking. I continued to look at them as i waited for an answer. When I heard the door open I heard Kate's sweet voice.

"Hey" she said. I turned to face her.

"Hey Kate i-" i stopped talking when i saw the beautiful wolf in front of me. She changed her clothes to a revealing black crop top, revealing her lower belly, and tight jeans that made her figure really show. Her tail wagged slightly as she stood before me. She had a pink flower in her long, beautiful hair that made her amazing face even more stunning. "Kate…" i studdered. Jesus i got an insta boner… fuck. "You look…" I stuttered before she hugged me. Oh fuck she cant be doing this.

"I'm glad to see you too," she said after giving me a kiss on the cheek. Is she chewing gum? I smell gum on her breath. What is she trying to accomplish?

I stepped in her house and shut the door behind me.

"Where Lilly?" I asked.

"Out with Humphrey" she said as she started walking to the living room.

"One of us should text her, I totally forgot about the upcoming storm, I don't want her getting stuck in it," I explained.

"She'll be fine. She should be coming home soon anyway" Kate said as she sat down on the couch. She patted the spot next to her. I did as she wanted and sat with her.

"I'm gonna send her a quick text" I said as I pulled my phone out.

"Hey Lilly. I wanted to tell you that you should come home before the storm sets in. dont want you and Humphrey getting caught in it" i hit send and looked up at the TV.

"hangover 2 huh?" I asked, turning to Kate.

"i thought that since we watched the first one we could watch the other two" Kate said. I thought it was a good plan.

"Okay" i replied, nodding. A light sound of thunder was heard as it started to drizzle. Kate's mom came into the room asking if Kate knew where Lilly was.

"She's out with Humphrey, Rick just messaged her and told her about the storm" Kate explained. Eve nodded as she walked over to me and patted my shoulder.

"Im sorry Rick how are you?" she asked.

"I'm doing alright, hope the storm doesn't hit too bad" I answered.

"Most likely it will, I'll grab a flashlight for each of us just in case" Eve said as she walked away. Kate gently pulled me back into the couch with her and rested her head on my shoulder.

"Comfy?" she asked. I grabbed her hand and held it. She looked at our locked hands before smiling.

"Now i am" i said. Kate sighed happily as she started the movie. Just then my phone vibrated. I opened it to see that it was a text from Lilly.

"Yeah I know. I'm on my way now, can't drive too fast though it's starting to pour" the text read.

"She's on her way," I told Kate. I started to stand up.

"Where are you going?" Kate asked, sounding sad.

"I'll be right back. I'm just going to tell Eve that Lillys coming. Pause the movie" I asked as I turned to find Eve. I heard the movie pause as Kate went on her phone as she waited for me.

Poking my head down the basement steps I called Eve.

"down here!" she called back. I descended down the stairs and saw Eve digging through a box.

"You keep your flashlights in the basement?" I asked. Eve glanced at me before continuing her digging.

"Well not all of them, i keep two of them upstairs, but i'd like to have one for everyone" Eve pulled out a flashlight and clicked it on to see if it worked. It did. She clicked it off quickly before handing it to me.

"Thanks" I said.

"Of course," Eve replied as she looked for more.

"I wanted to tell you that Lillys on her way" I told her.

"Is she? Good. If she's coming with Humphrey, call him and tell him to come in. I don't want him driving in this whether" Eve instructed. I nodded.

"Okay. What about winston?" i asked. She stopped searching for a moment to face me.

"He should be home in about an hour, the storm shouldn't be that bad until then" Eve went back to looking for more flashlights. Thunder roared again, louder this time. "Hey Rick, can you do me a solid?" Eve asked.

"What did ya need?" I asked. She handed me a bag of small candles.

"Could you go upstairs and place these around? If the power goes out and I can't find enough flashlights I want to be prepared" she explained. I took the bag from her.

"Yeah I'll go do it," I said before walking back up the steps.

When I got upstairs I walked into the living room.

"Hey Kate. want to help me with something?" i asked. Kate looked up from her phone and eyed the bag of candles in my hand.

"Sure" she said standing up. I opened the bag before holding it out to her.

"Take a handful, I'll do the rest," I said. Kate took about six and put them in her pockets before grabbing another handful.

"I'll get upstairs," she said.

"Sounds good" i replied before looking out the large living room window that overlooked the backyard. Rain had begun coming down hard and wind blew the trees roughly. "Damn" i said. Kate walked beside me and looked out the window with me.

"Yeah… should be one hell of a storm" she said, she then walked to the stairs and started walking up them. I started my job as i placed a candle on each living room table that sat next to the couches. I then put a candle on the coffee table, then two in the kitchen, and two on the dining room table. As i did i took a glance out the window that showed the driveway. I saw Humphreys car pulling up. His windshield wipers were going fast, guess i couldn't blame him. I was alarmed when i saw only Lilly step out and start running to the front door. I got out my phone as i walked over to the front door and unlocked it. I opened it up to have Lilly practically barge into me. The rain was blowing hard into me as the sound of wind blared loudly throughout the house.

"Thanks" Lilly said as i had to basically push the door shut. I pressed call on Humphreys profile on my phone as i saw his car start to back out. It stopped as I heard him pick up.

"Hello?" I heard him say.

"Humphrey come inside, don't drive in this" i said. There was a pause before he spoke.

"I'll be fine, I got here didn't i?" he asked.

"Humphrey get your ass in here, Eves orders" i said. I heard a sigh before he hung up and pulled into the driveway. I saw as his headlights turned off and windshield wipers stop. He stepped out and pulled a hood over him as he booked it to the front door. I repeated the same process I did with Lilly.

"Fuck" Humphrey panted. Lilly hugged him as I locked the door.

"Yeah, I don't know how the hell we forgot about that," I said, approaching Humphrey.

"I don't know, they've been warning us about it all week, '' Humphrey said as we did our handshake.

"You two want to dry off?'' I asked. Humphrey took off his jacket while Lilly took off her sweatshirt.

"Yeah, I'll be in the living room," Humphrey said as he and Lilly walked over to it.

I placed a candle by the steps as I saw Kate walking down them.

"Have enough?'' I asked.

"No but I can place more if it comes to it, '' Kate replied. I placed the bag of remaining candles next to the candle I just placed. "I heard Lilly come in, '' Kate said.

"Yeah they're in the living room '' I said as I went to join them. As I did, me and Kate passed the basement door as Eve was coming up.

"Lilly here?" she asked.

"Yeah" Kate said while I nodded.

"Living room" I pointed. Eve followed us and spotted the two on the smaller couch.

"Hey guys'' she said.

"Hey mom" Lilly said while Humphrey said

"hi Eve '' Eve placed the flashlights on the coffee table and sat in the chair next to it.

"Thanks for getting her here safe, '' she said after sitting. Lilly nuzzled him in response. With that Kate and I took our seats back on the couch as thunder roared again.

"What are we watching?" Lilly asked.

"The hangover two and three" Kate said as she resumed the movie. Everyone seemed satisfied with her choice as the movie began.

The storm raged outside as the movie ended. We shared laughs and comments as it played, and it was a good time. Kate went to put the third movie on but before she could Eve told me and Humphrey that if the storm didn't die down soon that we were welcome to stay the night.

"Alright, I'll let my folks know," Humphrey said, pulling out his phone. I did the same. As I did we heard the front door unlock as Winston came in. He pushed the door shut before taking off his jacket and coming into the living room.

"Didn't know we were having a party" he said as he sat down next to Kate.

"Hey dad," Kate said as she hugged him. It was the first time she let go of me since we last sat. it didn't last long though. After the hug she went right back to cuddling me.

"Been a long time since we were able to fill every seat in here" Eve said as she looked around the room at us all.

"Makes the house feel warmer," Lilly added. Kate nodded before hitting the play button.

"What are we watching?" Winston asked.

"Hangover three, you missed the second one" Lilly teased.

"Damn," Winston said playfully as the movie started.

About three minutes in though i guess the storm got the better of the powerlines, causing all the power to go out. We all groaned before Kate turned on the flashlight on her phone.

"Forgot about that" Eve said as she turned on her normal flashlight.

"We don't have enough for everyone so some of us will have to use our phones" Kate said getting up. "Rick, help me light the candles around the house won't you?" she asked me. I got up and followed her to the kitchen. I heard the others start a conversation as Kate handed me a lighter. "I'll be back" Kate whispered to me before kissing me on the cheek. There's that boner again. She really can't be doing that in that outfit, it's hard enough to contain myself without it. I started lighting the candles in the kitchen, stairs, and dining room. As I finished up Kate came down the stairs and placed the chess set box on the table. "For later" she said. I nodded before following her back to the living room. Thunder crashed loudly scaring Lilly as we sat down. Kate giggled. "You've always been so afraid of storms," she laughed. Lilly just groaned in an annoyed way as she cuddled Humphrey, causing Humphrey to chuckle lightly. Lightning lit up the entire house for a second before another thunder boom was heard. After that it was just the sound of the wind blowing against the house.

'Hopefully the ceiling doesn't leak, ' Winston said.

"Hopefully, remember the last storm? We thought we were lucky-" Eve went on as Kate cuddled me, closing her eyes.

"Tired?" I asked quietly so as not to disturb Eve and Winston's conversation. Kate nodded slightly.

"A little" she said. I checked my watch. 8:32 it read. Yep, I'm probably not going home tonight. "What's the time?" Kate asked. She must have felt me grab my phone.

"8:30" I said. She opened her eyes before leaning up to look at me.

"Well I guess I can wait an hour or two. Want to pass the time with a game or two?" she motioned to the dining room with her head.

"Sounds great," I smiled. Thunder crashed again as we got up.

"Wait wait wait hold on now, where are you two going?" Winston asked,

"chess" Kate said before walking into the kitchen that led to the dining room. I followed as Eve began telling Winston about the chess set I bought for Kate. When I got to the table Kate was already setting up the game. "Can you believe that? Like we were gonna go fuck or something" Kate said a little aggravated. I sat down as I laughed lightly. I started setting up my pieces before noticing that Lilly and Humphrey were taking a snooze. How cute. I went back to setting up my side of the board.

"He didn't mean anything by it," I said. Kate avoided eye contact, looking down at the board when she replied.

"It's just the fact that he asked," she said. I followed her gaze as I nodded. I didn't know how to respond.

"You first," I said. Her eyes darted up at me before she gave me a light smile. Kate's eyes then looked back down as she planned her first move. Thunder crashed again as she moved a pawn up two spaces.

'I'm regretting telling you about that queen you know, '' Kate said as she set up for the next game.

"I would have figured it out eventually" I replied, setting my pieces up as well. I'd just won the first round and now Kate was going to be totally focused. As she made her first move Winston started walking up the stairs.

"Goodnight you guys' ' he called.

"Night" Kate called back, not turning to him. He walked up as I turned back to the board. Thunder crashed again as I made my move.

"Your not mad at him are you?'' I asked. Kate stuck her finger out at me.

"Quiet. You're trying to break my concentration" she said laughing. "No im not mad at him but i do feel like he thinks im stupid enough to just up and leave to go fuck" she explained. Kate then moved her piece and it was my turn.

"I don't think that he thinks that, it's just that you and I have been spending a lot of time together, and maybe he thinks with a storm like tonight and our good friendship, that it would be a perfect night to…" I didn't finish my sentence. I said enough. I moved a piece before waiting for my next turn. Kate didn't take her turn though. She looked up at me and smiled.

"Would you?" she asked.

"Would i what?'' I asked back.

"Make love to me during the storm" she said. Or did she. Theres no way she just fucking said that to me. I froze up, breaking eye contact. "I'll take you silence as a yes" she said slyly as she made her move.

"What? No i-``I began before Kate cut me off.

"You wouldnt? You think im ugly now?" she said, still smiling.

"Your messing with me you know that right?'' I asked. She laughed as thunder crashed again. Just then Eve told us that she was going to bed. We said our goodnights before turning back to the game.

This time Kate won and she was so happy about it. It was cute. As we set up for our next game Lilly came in and asked where Eve and Winston were.

"They went to bed," Kate answered.

"Oh" she said before turning back and walking into the living room. A Couple minutes later while we were playing Lilly and Humphrey came and told us they were also turning in for the night. Again we said our goodnight before they both went upstairs. Lilly was giggling.

"Have fun you two" Kate called before turning back to the game. "Honestly, were they waiting for that?" Kate asked. I laughed as I shrugged. It was silent for a few moments. Nothing but the sound of the storm outside. "It's just us two now," Kate said after she made her move.

"It is," I said. As I began to plan my move.

"I'm really tired, you know, after this we should head to bed" Kate told me. Head to bed? Surely she doesn't mean… no she's fucking with me.

"Sure" I said as I made my move. "Where should I sleep?" I asked. Kate snickered.

"Well I'm not gonna make you sleep down here all by yourself," she said. I glanced at her as she made her move. What was she planning? "Besides , all the fun is happening up there, I don't want you to feel left out," she said.

"M-hm" I hummed. She eyed her piece before shrugging.

"Sorry Rick, I'm tired, do you mind if we finish this in the morning?" Kate asked tiredly. I opened my mouth to answer but a loud crash of thunder cut me off. After it passed I answered.

"No, I don't mind," I said. Kate nodded with a light smile. She then blew out the candle in front of her and stood up.

"Help me with the rest," she told me. I blew out the candle by me and stood up.

We silently blew out the rest of the candles before heading upstairs. Before we got to Kate's room she stopped me before crouching and putting a finger to her lips. She then took my hand and lightly snuck over to Lilly's bedroom door. I knew what she was up to. She waved me over to put my ear to the door. I did as she told me to. I heard light moaning from the two lovers as the bed squeaked lightly. Kate laughed in a whisper as we continued to listen.

"Hmph Humphrey right there" we heard before Kate snickered. It was too loud for my liking. I didn't want to disturb the two so I took Kate's hand and quickly jogged to her bedroom.

When we got there Kate started to laugh loudly.

"That was fucking great" she said before thunder crashed again.

"Hopefully your parents dont find out, '' I said as I took one of the two huge pillows from Kate's bed and tossed it on the left side of Kate's bed on the floor.

"You're not sleeping on the floor," Kate said.

"Where else would I sleep?" I asked. I knew the answer but I didn't want to say it.

"In the bed with me" she said as she climbed underneath the covers and used the blanket as cover to take her bra off. She still wore her shirt as she tossed the bra in the corner.

"You're too kind, but I don't want to intrude" I said as she visibly took off her pants, revealing her pink panties. Holy fuck. I kicked my shoes off and turned out the light before laying on the floor.

"Rick?" Kate started but I didn't want to risk her finding out about my ever growing erection.

"Kate i'm fine really" i said as i put my left leg on her bed. I wanted to stretch out a little. Kate whimpered as she turned over. It kind of made me feel bad. Thunder roared again as rain crashed against the window. I closed my eyes to sleep. I was silent for a few moments apart from the storm, until I heard the sheets in the bed rustle as Kate turned over to lean over me.

"Rick get up here" she commanded. I sighed before standing up and plopping the pillow back on her bed. I started to get in the bed with her but before I pulled the sheets over myself she stopped me. "You're not gonna go to sleep in the tight jeans are you?" she asked. I knew there was no arguing.

"You're torturing me girl" I said as I took the pants off and tossed them to the side of the bed. She giggled as i layed down.

Again it was silent until Kate spoke again.

"Hey Rick?" she called lightly.

"Yeah?" I answered, wondering what she could possibly turn me on anymore with her hospitality.

"Can we… maybe… cuddle?" she asked. No fucking way. The love of my life, crop top and panties only wants to cuddle with me in her bed. I dont give a fuck, im not passing this up.

"Sure," I said. She giggled lightly as she rested her head on my chest and laid her left leg between both of my legs. No fucking way she dont feel that down there, how embarrassing. Thunder roared again.

"Sweet dreams" Kate said as she gave me a different kind of kiss. She gave me a long, wet kiss on the neck. I think I just came a little from that. I closed my eyes and exhaled in an attempt to calm myself.

"Sweet dreams Kate" I said as I wrapped my arms around her back. She let out a satisfied exhale. Not long after that we were both fast asleep as the storm raged on outside.