Kate's POV
At some point during the night I must have shifted over a tad bit off of Rick, still though when I opened up my eyes I was snuggled into his neck. After realizing my comfort and position I smiled and then closed my eyes to take in Rick's scent. There were only a few sniffs. When I was done I gave his neck a peck and then turned over to slide out of the bed. Once out of bed I stretched, feeling my muscles pop which felt great. Checking my phone I saw that it was eleven in the morning and sighed. I walked over to the other side of the bed and collected my clothes to put them on. Since we had sex on myside of the bed and I was on top last night, that meant that everything was on the side that I wasn't on. I collected them and made sure that my pockets were empty. I took my time putting my jacket back in my closet and then placed the other clothes on the side of the bed that wasn't occupied. A few moments later I put on an outfit that was more relaxing. Since we had one more day off I wanted to just hang out, so I landed on gray sweatpants and a pink T-shirt. No bra or panties necessary.
When I opened my door finally I poked my head out to see if the coast was clear. Rick was still sleeping and I didnt want anyone to see him the way he was, clearly in the aftermath of sleeping with me. My parents bedroom seemed to be empty, but I could hear Lilly talking with Angel in her room, from the sounds of it they were in a video call. I walked over to the hamper next to the bathroom and dumped my dirty clothes in there. Next thing on my list was to pee and brush my teeth. I should take a quick shower but just because I didnt have the slight scent of sex on me, doesn't mean that Rick wouldn't. I guess we would just have to live with it, it shouldn't be surprising anyway if they even pick it up. After peeing I brushed my teeth and then went into my sister's room. As soon as I entered Lilly was laughing but she stopped when she saw me enter. She looked away from her laptop and over to me with a smile.
"Kate" she said excitedly, moving over on her bed for me.
"Hey" I said, happy to see my sister as I walked over to sit down. I hugged her once I sat down with a smile.
"Hey Kate," Angel said through the computer. I looked over at the screen and smiled again.
Hey Angel, you and Shaky have fun yesterday?" I asked, breaking the hug and scooting closer to the laptop. Angel laughed.
"Yeah, not as much fun as you thought from what Lilly Told me" she teased. I turned to Lilly and said nothing, making Lilly smile nervously.
"Well, why else would you have extended your stay?" she asked. I laughed lightly as I turned back to the screen.
"So Angel, we need to start talking about your birthday. Did you think of what you wanted to do?" I asked. Angel sighed and began playing with her blanket.
"I just… I don't know, I feel an ass asking for too much" Angel explained, avoiding eye contact,
"Believe me Kate, I've been trying to get an answer out of her all morning" Lilly said. I looked back at her as she talked and then moved my eyes back over to the laptop. Angel simply shrugged.
"How about a birthday gift?" I asked.
"Eh, there's not really anything that I want… how about the evil dead game" Angel said.
"There's an evil dead game?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's sorta like dead by daylight but ya know… not shit" Lilly said as she reached for a notepad and wrote down Angel's request. My ears then perked up as I looked over to the bedroom door, hearing mine open.
"Hey Lilly, where's mom and dad?" I asked. Lilly laughed nervously again and sorta looked away from me before replying.
"So they woke up, dad tried to open your door and couldn't, he put two and two together and got a little pissy, and then he and mom went out because she wanted to calm him down" Lilly explained, making Angel laugh.
"Gee Kate, my brother only has so much in him" she said. Again I turned to the screen with a smile, this one more slick than the last however.
"You'd be surprised" I said, still kinda in shock over just how much he had given to me yesterday. Angel laughed in her palm.
"Oh God Kate, you've changed so much," Lilly said. My smile faded.
"I have?" I asked.
"I mean it's not a bad thing, you just seem more happy, it's good" Lilly explained.
"Clingy too" Angel added. Really? Clingy? Eh, I guess I could see that. Me and Lilly looked over when Rick came into the room and hung out by the door frame, leaning on it.
"Morning guys" he greeted.
"Hey Rick, you guys have fun last night?" Lilly asked him. Rick laughed and then walked over to the bed.
"Sure," he smiled.
"Holy shit is that actually my brother? I thought you died" Angel joked. Rick kept his smile as he walked over to the other side of the bed so that he didn't have to ask me to move. He then knelt down by Lilly's legs and looked at the laptop.
"Angel, did you have fun yesterday?" Rick asked. Angel snickered.
"Yeah, actually… me and Shaky had a really good time, I think we moved to the next personal level. Are you gonna come home today?" Angel asked.
"I have to, we have school tomorrow and this is my third day in these clothes" Rick explained. I giggled as I made eye contact with him for a moment.
"We're also trying to see what she wants to do for her birthday," Lilly said. Rick shrugged.
"Well we always go out to dinner the night before, so we can get that out of the way and then do something the next day… How about six flags?" Rick asked. Six flags being a huge theme park that should be open by now, but maybe I was wrong, I would have to look into it.
"Actually yeah, that sounds like fun," Angel smiled. I could also just barely see behind her that her tail was wagging. I guess it was settled.
"Okay good. See? It wasn't that hard" Lilly teased. Angel and my sister then shared a laugh as Rick stood up.
"Okay so that's a plan, but I'm gonna have to get a birthday list put of you, I'll be home soon okay?" Rick said.
"We already got one item out of her," Lilly said. Rick nodded.
"Alright, we'll add it to the list" he replied. I then felt a bit sad at the thought of him leaving. I at least wanted to spend a little more time with him before he left.
"Wait, you're leaving right now?" I Asked. Rick nodded sadly, making my ears flop.
"I can stay until tonight," Rick proposed.
"See? Clingy" Lilly said, making me laugh and put my head down.
"Clingy?" Rick asked, confused.
"We were talking about how clingy Kate is, well… you're both kinda clingy towards each other" Angel explained. Rick simply shrugged as he made his way around the bed and then gave my lips a soft kiss.
"Clingy is just how I like it" Rick said. Now I kinda felt bad about something else. It was almost Angel's birthday and I was hogging her brother… hmm…
"Angel I promise I wont hog your brother for too much longer" I said, brushing Rick's muzzle while looking at the monitor.
"Hey, it was just valentines day. I know you guys want your time, it's just a shame that Shaky had to go to work" Angel said. This Made me think…
"Where's Humphrey?" I asked, turning to Lilly.
"I was playing a game with him until he went to go help his mom with something, I think they're still talking about the charges against Lyle," Lilly explained.
"Did they come up with something?" I asked. Lilly shrugged.
"I think he was just finding out, I should hear from him tonight" she explained. I nodded and then turned back to give Rick another kiss.
"Hungry?" I asked.
"A little" Rick answered. I giggled and gave him another smooch before standing up myself.
"Alright, we're gonna go eat something and then I believe I owe you a gift" I planned. Rick nodded with a smile and then turned to leave. I followed him out of the room shutting the door behind me as I left Lilly and Angel to talk again amongst themselves.
"That toothbrush was such a good idea for a Christmas gift" Rick said as he descended the stairs, each step being heard on the hardwood floor and echoing throughout the house.
"Get used to using it, its almost summer and I'm really looking forward to having you spend the night some more" I replied. By that time we had reached the bottom of the stairs. We silently went into the kitchen and began looking into the cupboards and such. "Are you okay with cereal?" I asked.
"Sure, what kind you got?" Rick asked. I began looking over the labels, reading them out loud as I went along, meanwhile Rick got the milk and bowls. He already knew where everything was by this point.
"Uh… cinnamon toast crunch, frosted flakes, cocoa pebbles-"
"Ooh, cocoa pebbles," Rick said. I giggled and grabbed the box along with the cinnamon toast crunch. We silently made our bowls of cereal and then went to the dining room table to sit down and eat. "Feeling okay?" Rick asked. I swallowed my bite before answering.
"Yeah. why wouldn't I be?" I asked. Rick shrugged.
"I don't know, I guess I just wanted to make sure that you weren't sore from yesterday" Rick explained. I smiled and stirred my cereal with a light smile.
"Rick, yesterday was one of the best days of my life, all I feel is relaxed" I said. Rick smiled and then took another bite of cereal. He then asked another question.
"So… about this summer…" he began, I lifted my head as I chewed, waiting for him to finish but he was hesitating. "Are your parents gonna be okay with it? I mean you and I both know that if I stay the night then we're gonna…" I swallowed my cereal and laughed lightly.
"Well… we can always have sex at your place, I only really see my dad having a problem with t, even though he said he was okay with it now" I said, but was that really true? Yeah he said he was fine with it, but deep down he still didn't like the idea of me having sex. He might seem content with it, but that doesn't mean that he won't feel a type of way when its actually going on. It will be summer though, we'll be up late and everyone else will be asleep… wait a minute… "Rick?" I said, just now realizing something. Rick lifted his head to make eye contact with me as he chewed silently.
"Yeah?" he replied.
"We graduate this year. After this we're off to college" I said. Rick's expression then changed, not surprised though or anything but he definitely reacted.
"You know what you want to college for don't you?" Rick asked. I bit my lip. I Hadn't even really thought about it until now, I had spent the last few months doing what should have been done years ago. Screwing around with a boyfriend. But what was it that I wanted to do?
"I… I don't know, maybe I'll just start off with general study or something. What about you?" I asked. Rick again swallowed and then went to explain his answer.
"Well me and Humphrey have talked about this, we kinda want to write scripts and all that, and I wouldn't mind a little work in the police business, so there's that. But mostly I think I want to write" Rick said. I nodded.
"Yeah… writing has always been a strong suit of mine" I said, realizing that I might know what I want to do after all. My sudden train of thought was cut off by the sound of Rick snickering. I looked up next to me to look at him.
"Oh man, Angel's lucky. She's got it all figured out" Rick said, referring to her thoughts of being a homicide detective. Hey, if that's what she really wanted to do…
"Do you really think that she's cut out for that? She seems so sweet" I said. Rick laughed louder this time and then lifted the bowl to his mouth.
"Oh yeah, I Think she'll do great in it," he answered before drinking the milk from the bowl. I smiled and finished eating my cereal as well. It wasn't until after we were all done cleaning the bowls that I brought Rick back upstairs and sat him down on the bed.
"Close your eyes," I said excitedly. Rick smiled back at me and then did as I asked. I stopped kneeling in front of him to go get the gift out of the closet. "Hold out your hands" I instructed as I reached for the item. I didn't see him do it but I assumed he did. It only took a moment but I grabbed the present off the shelf and then walked back over to Rick where he did indeed have his hands out. I went to hand it to him but then stopped and sighed. Rick's smile faded.
"Kate? What's wrong?" Rick asked with his eyes still closed, lowering his hands a bit. I looked down at the present.
"I don't know, you just put so much thought and emotion into your gift and this… it's not that meaningful '' I explained.
"Kate, you always doubt yourself too much, I'm sure I'll love it" Rick said. I smiled again.
"I love you" I said. Rick chuckled.
"I love you too Kate," Rick replied. I felt a bit better as I handed him the gift.
"Open your eyes" I said. Rick did as he was told and looked down at the wooden object as he held it in both of his hands. He tilted his head as he studied it.
"Um… what is this?" he asked, making me laugh.
"So I notice that your desk is a little cluttered. You try and keep everything in a line but you have a lot of it, so this is to put your watches, wallet and keys on. I made it in woodshop" I explained. Rick looked up at me and smiled.
"You take woodshop?" he asked. I nodded.
"Yeah, why?" I asked teasingly. Rick shrugged.
"You keep surprising me is all" he said. I laughed and then sat down on the bed next to him.
"Why? To prissy?" I asked. Rick laughed.
"No, I Just wouldn't take you for the woodshop type… thank you Kate" Rick said. He then put the item on the floor carefully and pulled me into a hug. At first I hugged him back, smiling with my eyes closed, but then I opened them to look back at the present. It just seemed soulless…but hey, at least he could use it to store his things. My thoughts were broken when Rick broke the hug, he held my hands which made them look so small and then leaned over to give me a kiss. I gladly accepted and kissed him back lovingly.
Later that night we were laying down in my bed watching movies. Since we were at my place we didn't have anything fancy so instead opted for IT which was just added to Netflix. I had spent a majority of its runtime laying next to RIck and looking at my locket. I wonder if Angel ever did this with hers. At one point Rick looked over and saw me playing around with it and smiled.
"I'm really glad you like it," he said. I felt warm inside as I smiled back at him.
"I love it," I replied. That was really all that was said between us until the movie was over. I looked outside to see that it was getting dark and so I clicked my bedside lamp on. I then stretched before I relaxed back into the bed.
"I don't think Netflix has the second one," I said. Rick shrugged.
"It's fine, I should get going anyway," he said. Even Though we had spent the past few days together I still felt sad, knowing that he was leaving. But he was right, he had to get home and do some things. I went to say my goodbyes but was cut off when Lilly entered the room.
"Alright, so Humphrey just texted me the results of what happened with Lyle" she said. Me and Rick both sat up with our ears perched.
"What happened?" I asked anxiously. Lilly shot me a smirk before going over the text.
"So it looks like they got the restraining order but he also got imprisoned" Lilly explained. I felt myself grow happy.
"Oh that's great" I said.
"Eh, don't get too excited. It's only for six months" Lilly told me, making my smile instantly fade.
"Six months… six months?" I said angrily. Rick sighed.
"Figures. What was he sentenced for?" Rick asked.
"I'm not sure, Humphrey hasn't answered me, I'm gonna talk with him later tonight though. I'll keep you guys posted. You staying the night again?" Lilly asked Rick.
"No, I gotta get home. Message me though" Rick said. Lilly nodded.
"I will, I promise," she said. She then turned to me and gave my leg a small rub to calm me. I looked slightly up at her as she gave me a sympathetic smile. It was only a moment until she took her hand off of me and left. I was left with my thoughts until Rick patted my back.
"Don't get too upset over it, at least he got something. Besides, if he breaks the restraining order he'll go away again once he gets out" Rick explained. I looked over to see him go to get up and then sighed angrily.
"It's just bullshit, I wanted him to rot in that fucking cell" I growled. Rick turned to me and then got back on the bed with me.
"Here, lay down for a second," he said. I turned to look back to see him lay back in what was now his side of the bed. It didn't take much encouragement but I did as was asked of me and laid down next to him. Before I could say anything though he pressed his lips against mine, giving me that sexy taste that I had grown to love. Our lips parted with a wet smack. "Alright, listen to me. I know you worry about these types of things, but I promise. Absolutely nothing is going to happen to us, I won't let it I promise" Rick said. I looked away from him.
"It's just… scary I guess, after everything it still feels like we're in danger, and I Don't want to worry anymore. That night I almost lost you I was a complete wreck, and these people they just… they keep showing up" I said aggravated.
"I know… but once we move on from everything it will be much different. Remember what we talked about at the table earlier?" Rick asked. I thought for a second.
"College?" I asked.
"Yeah, college," Rick said.
"What about it?" I asked.
"Well I thought, maybe with the money we have now, what if when we graduate we got an apartment, moved in together. We would never have to be apart. We could spend time together, work on our career, make love" Rick listed, the last one making us both laugh lightly.
"I'd really like that," I said. Rick chuckled and kissed me again.
"That's when our life would begin, and it wouldn't stop until the end" Rick said, making me grow scared. There was that feeling again.
"We talked about that briefly before, but it still scares me," I said.
"What?" Rick asked.
"Dyeing, losing you, one day it's gonna happen and it terrifies me" I explained.
"Yeah, believe me Kate, death scares me too. But like I said, it's not actually dying. It's what comes after. And if I can't hold you forever…" Rick explained but stopped. "It scares me Kate, it scares me so much. But there has to be something, there has to be. I'm terrified of not existing" Rick said. I reached for his hand and held it gently, giving it a light kiss.
"Back when I went to church they said that death is a sweet release that reunites you with your loved ones. You meet in death and spend the rest of eternity with them. No misery, no pain… no worries" I explained.
"Why did you stop going?" Rick asked. I continued holding his hand while I continued playing with the locket in the other.
"It just… I guess we just didn't have time. Mom and dad got a promotion, and there was no need to keep going. Mom told me and Lilly that if we ever wanted to talk to God, just talk to him, we didn't need to go to church" I explained.
"The church thing isn't why you're so vanilla is it?" Rick asked, making me laugh.
"No… I Think that's just me loving you" I said with a smile. "I'm sure your Grandmother sees you, I know you said that you guys were really close but even if you don't see her, or signs of her, she's probably here" I explained.
"I… I miss her, if I lost any of you guys I don't know what I would do, I think I would panic, feel sick. Not knowing whether or not you guys are safe and happy. But if it was me I promise you, you would be the only thing on my mind if I died. I just… I don't think I could fear what's not on my mind, maybe just… losing you. They always say during marriage that we'll stay together until death do us part… Do you think it does?" Rick asked.
"I… I dont have the answers RIck. we can only hope that when it happens, we see each other again. And if it does, it will be the biggest relief we've ever felt" I said.
"And if it doesn't?" Rick asked. I bit my lip asI thought of an answer, tightening my grip abit on his hand out of fear.
"Then we won't even know," I answered finally. Rick looked down and sighed.
"Kate… I just want you to know that I love you, if anything ever happens to me just promise me that you'll know that. I don't want you to be sad or scared. I want you to move on, and be happy" Rick explained. I felt a tear in my eye as I let go of the locket to reach up and cup Rick's face. I knew he loved me so much, and the fact that only I would be on his mind if he died was strong. But also he showed that he really did love me and wasn't just obsessed with me when he told me to move on.
"I… I-I could never move on from you" I cracked. I felt RIcksfingers move a bit on my hand as we continued holding them. RIck then reached for my face with his other hand as I did, using his elbow to keep himself above me.
"Promise me that you won't be sad," Rick said. I felt the tear now roll down my face as I shook my head no. "Kate…" Rick begged.
"N-no, I couldn't," I said. Rick shookhis head as well and then pulled me into a tight hug, which only turned tighter as my grip became insane on him. I didn't want to let him go. "I couldn't live without any of you" I sobbed, muffled by his shoulder. Rick with his arms wrapped around me, rubbed my back.
"I couldn't either," he said. We broke the hug shortly after, Rick laying me back down. "We just… have to hope," he said. I nodded.
"I believe," I said. Unlike Rick though, I believed because of everything I heard in church. Iremember Rick saying it because he needed to believe that his grandmother was somewhere. We both had our reasons.
"I promise though Kate… I will do my best to never leave your side. And this…" Rick began as he held my locket up, being careful as to not pull it on my neck. "This is going to help both of us do that," he said. I smiled kindly.
"I promise I'll never leave your side either" I said. Rick smiled and then brushed the side of my face with a smile.
"Death would not part us, even if only one of us is dead. But we're all fighters. No matter what's thrown at us, we'll make it. I know we will" Rick said. I felt confident as I again grabbed his hand gently.
"We sure will'' I said, pulling him into another Kiss. We kissed only for a couple of seconds and then broke it with a light peck sound.
"So what do you think happens?" Rick asked.
"I think… we'll pass around family, and it will be just like going to sleep. And when we wake up we'll see each other, we'll be surrounded by family again, but these ones are the ones that left us. We'll be reunited, but you're the first one I'll run to" I explained. I was telling the truth, its what I thought would happen, but only because it's what I really wanted. I had spent so much time hoping, and praying that this was it. And I feel that I had convinced myself that it was. Hopefully it was true. I think so…
"And then?" Rick asked after my last statement. I smiled before pulling him into a deeper, more loving kiss, feeling my heart melt as our tongues wrestled. I felt as though we were in the scene I had just described, and it was beautiful. I feel like Rick felt the same, the way he kissed me so passionately, like he had been waiting for me a long, long time.
