I propped my head up with my hand and smiled, taking advantage of this moment to examine Nathaniel, who was stretched out on his stomach beside me, fast asleep. I reached out a hand and lightly stroked down his bare spine, making him squirm. Good. It's about time he woke up. I'm pretty sure it's past ten A.M., and as much as I like staring at a naked Nathaniel, it gets rather boring after nine hours of not doing anything. (Pun intended)

"Hey, Natty-boy," I purred in his ear, grinning. "If you don't wake up right now, I will be forced to jump you. Again. Whether you're asleep or not doesn't matter to me." Needless to say, I was rather disappointed when he almost immediately opened his eyes. He looked around, noticed our attire or lack thereof, and blushed an adorable pink.

"What?" he mumbled sleepily, and rubbed at his eyes. "Wait, so that wasn't a dream?"

"I'm flattered that you have fantasies about me where that would have been normal in said dreams. But anyway, no, I'm afraid not. Why don't you try walking and see for yourself?" Oh boy, I was having a great time with this, if you couldn't tell. Even though he threw a fit and claimed to be the dominant one, he still let me be on top. Haha. Just goes to show how I can talk my way into anything. (Man, where am I getting all these sex references?)

Nathaniel blushed a darker pink and hesitantly tried to sit up, only to squeak and fall over again. He sighed and glared weakly at me. "Wow, thanks Barty. Kitty will have a fit if I'm limping around everywhere!" He frowned at me, but cuddled into my chest anyway, wrapping an arm around my waist. "Well then. I can't go and face Kitty and Jake like this. I see no problem with lying around in bed all day, in that case."

I grinned and kissed his forehead. "Dang, I really am rubbing off on you people. Anyway, back to business! Was it everything that you hoped for in all those little fantasies of yours?" I asked, wiggling my eyebrows suggestively. Nathaniel blushed again, slumping in defeat.

"Yes, it was better than anything my imagination could ever come up with," he admitted, obviously embarrassed about actually saying it out loud. I giggled and kissed him again.

"Great! Then I suppose you have no problem with doing it again any time soon?" Nathaniel slapped my arm playfully, smiling through his blush now.

"Yeah yeah, sure, another time, whatever. All I ask is that you wait until I recover again, alright?"

"Deal!" I said cheerfully. I then wrapped my arms around Nathaniel and poked him in the nose. He looked like he actually wanted to go back to sleep. "Hey, get up Natty-boy. I don't want to lie around for another four hours while you get your beauty rest, thanks. Besides, aren't you hungry? You should be after all that… exertion." I grinned at him again. Could you tell that I was very happy that he didn't outright forbid a round two? I was. I was very happy.

After many jokes on my part, blushing on Nathaniel's, and much struggling with getting him actually out of bed, dressed, and to the point of not-collapsing, the kid eventually got breakfast. Or lunch. Whatever, it was poptarts at noon, call it brunch.

"I think I'm going to go take a shower. Maybe it'll wake me up a bit," he mumbled, after putting his plate in the sink. I snorted, and he blushed. 'Wake me up.' Haha. "Oh, shut up Barty. You know what I mean."

"Sorry, I can't help it. I'm still swooning over the fact that you actually let me—"

"Shower time!" he said, overly enthusiastic. He promptly fast-walked for the bathroom. Okay, so it was more of a limp. I held in a laugh and decided to try for that round two he didn't exactly disagree to.

"Hey, can I come with?"

His face turned a bright pink and he slammed the door closed. "No!" I chuckled. After that, I had to amuse myself for the next half hour. It wasn't easy, mind you. I even considered mortal TV for a source of entertainment, but soon decided I didn't want to go down that road. Ugh.

I was currently doodling a comic about stick-figure versions of our dysfunctional 'family.' Kitty was on top of the Empire State Building and Nathaniel and I were flying around in a plane trying to save an annoyed Jakob in a dress from the dreaded Kittyzilla. I perked up when I heard the bathroom door open, and I ran over and scooped Nathaniel up in a hug. "Have I ever mentioned how much I love you? Because I do. I love you a lot."

Nathaniel blushed and tried to wiggle away. "What? Oh, yes, I love you too. What's with the sudden outburst?"

"I was so bored I was close to watching television. Ugh." Judging by the face I made, he should have thought of TV as a horrible torture that the military uses to get terrorists to tell them all of their secrets.

"Oh, you poor thing. How will you ever survive?"

"I will, actually, now that you're out of the shower. I find you to be a great source of amusement." He blushed and opened his mouth to say something, but a knock on the front door cut him off. I scowled and cursed whoever it was, letting go of Nathaniel to stomp my way over and rip the thing open. Kitty and Jakob stood there staring at me, wide-eyed.

"It's already noon and you haven't come over to bother us yet. We were kind of worrying that Nathaniel died in the middle of the night or something." Haha. Death by pleasure.

"Who are you and what have you done with Bartimaeus?!" Jakob demanded.

I raised an eyebrow, hands on hips. "You interrupted us for this?!" I was summoning up all my energy to throw a full-blown tantrum when Kitty looked like a lightbulb went off in her head and she shoved past me. Jakob walked in after her and I closed the door a bit harder than necessary.

"Hey, Nathaniel!" Kitty said in a sugary-sweet voice. I noticed Natty had managed to limp his way over to the couch, and was staring at us with a wary expression on his face. "Would you mind coming over here? I need to tell you something." Panic flashed through his eyes, and I grinned.

"Why can't you come over here?" he asked, playing nervously with his sleeve.

"Why can't you come over here?" Kitty demanded. He paled, and I laughed. He sighed and slowly stood up, shuffling his way pathetically over to us. Kitty was grinning like the sadist she is. Poor Nathaniel.

"Okay, no need to torture the boy," I said, barely holding in my laughter. I wrapped an arm around Nathaniel. He frowned and blushed some more, Kitty giggled, and Jakob looked confused.

"What are you laughing at?" he asked. Kitty snorted and whispered in his ear for a few seconds. His eyes widened, he glanced between Nathaniel and me, and then sighed. "Never mind. I have decided that I don't want to know."

"So anyway, why are you here, besides to annoy the crap out of me and make sure I haven't killed Natty-boy yet?" I demanded. I had planned on a quiet evening alone with Nathaniel, helping him out of his shyness. Emphasis, gosh darn it.

"Well, uhm, I'm not sure about Jakob, but…" Kitty blinked and shifted nervously, looking up at Nathaniel. "It was real, wasn't it? We're all immortal now," she whispered. A short silence followed, in which we all refused to look at each other.

"That's why I didn't want you to use the Stone," I snapped suddenly, examining a boring-looking spider that was crawling its way across the ceiling. "I knew you were going to have second thoughts, I could just feel it…"

"No, it's not that," Kitty said, visibly annoyed with me. "It's just a lot to take in at once, thanks. What if you found something that made you turn human so you could be with Nathaniel, and you heard about it, found it, and used it, all in one day, and then immediately passed out? What would you think if you woke up completely normal, huh?" I snorted.

"I seriously doubt anything as crazy as—"

"…Nathaniel saving your life, falling in love with you, and then becoming immortal via our new best friend, Nicholas Flamel, would happen?" Jakob chimed in innocently.

"…Good point."

"Yeah, it's really real, Kitty," Nathaniel said quietly. He leaned on my side, and I smiled, wrapping my other arm around him too.

"Now get out."

"What? But Bartimaeus, I figured since we were already over here we could—"

"No."

"Aw, come on!"

"No, I am not 'coming on.' Get out."

Kitty huffed and put her hands on her hips. "You have the rest of forever to do… uhm… yeah! Why can't we just sit around as friends and talk, just for today?"

"Mostly because Nathaniel can't sit."

"…Oh."

"She's right, Bartimaeus," Nathaniel said quietly, still snuggling into my side. "We do have forever. Besides, you were complaining about entertainment, right? Well, we're as good as a circus sometimes." I sighed

"Oh, alright. Come on and sit down, then." I dragged Nathaniel over to the couch and he sat in my lap. Kitty and Jakob sat on either side of us, while I stayed quiet for once. I had nothing to talk about.

"So, you guys had sex, right?" Kitty yelled bluntly. Jakob fell off the couch. Nathaniel burst out laughing, which made Kitty start laughing too. Jakob looked traumatized. I began braiding Nathaniel's hair again. Y'know, it's really tough to braid the hair of a guy that's jiggling around with laughter. My life is so hard.

It's going to be a long forever. A long, happy forever that all started with a simple pair of boots.

As much as I hate to admit it, this is the last chapter. D: I'm glad I don't have to constantly keep updating for this thing considering I'm having to write essays for English and I need all the writing energy I can get. However, I really liked this story, and I'm sad to see it over with. Since the day I finished reading the Bartimaeus Trilogy, I made up my own ending in my head so I wouldn't mope over Nathaniel. I was surprised that no one had caught that in the books it never really says what happened to the boots, and I have decided the boots need love too. xD Anyway, I have finally shown my version of events to the world, and I hope it keeps a few fangirls from constantly crying over our dear Natty-boy. If you really liked this fic, don't worry! I'll probably write a few mini stories about what happens with everyone if I get any ideas, but right now, all I can do is thank everyone that reads and does not flame the suckish ending. xD Don't hit your head, don't do anything I wouldn't do, yadda yadda! Peace out! Review tiem! 8D