Caitlyn's POV of the previous happenings. I apologize again for the crazy. Goes with the Valentine's prompt.
One week until Valentine's Day and Caitlyn was still stubbornly single. She really should have just asked out Jason last month.
But no. She was an idiot and didn't make a move.
Whatever. She had to go to Victoria's Secret. She had a coupon and there was a sale.
Now, if only she could find her wallet…
There was a knock on the door.
Forgetting about her wallet, she went to the door.
No one was there, but she caught a flash of color on the floor.
A single red rose.
She picked it up off the ground and smiled. It smelled good. Turning to the kitchen, she got out a vase and filled it with water before placing the flower in it.
Then she grabbed her wallet off the coffee table and headed out the door.
She was took the elevator down to the lobby and was walking out the door when the doorman called her over.
"Miss Gellar, did you see that rose that young man left for you?"
Caitlyn's brow furrowed in confusion. "What young man?"
"The one who's almost always here with you. That curly-haired kid with the guitar."
Her eyes widened. "Jason? Jason left me the flower?"
"We caught him on video, pacing outside your door for nearly half an hour. Then he left the flower, knocked on your door and ran off," he said. He raised his brows at her. "The boy likes you, you know. Don't look so surprised."
"But…it's Jason. He…"
"Opens the door for you, holds the elevator, carries your stuff and has given you two jackets and a umbrella because of the weather."
Caitlyn sighed. "Fine. He likes me. But why give me the rose now? Valentine's isn't for a week."
"Maybe he wants to build on it. Keep giving you nicer things until the fourteenth when he surprises you with something really romantic."
She rolled her eyes. "That does sound like Jason," she said. "Okay, thanks Eddie. I need to go to the mall. I'll let you know what happens."
"Have a nice day, Miss Gellar."
(LINE)
Caitlyn walked into Victoria's Secret and blinked slowly at the sight in front of her.
Jason was standing with his back to her, flipping through the racks of lingerie.
She smirked. If he was buying something for her…
"Shopping for yourself?" she purred, coming up behind him.
"CAITY!" he shouted.
A few people turned to look at them and a salesgirl walked up to where they stood.
"Do you need some help?" she asked.
Jason stammered out a "no, thank you" and looked down at the red teddy in his hands.
Caitlyn bit her lip and tried not to laugh. She stepped closer to him and ran her fingers across the fabric. "I have to say, I never really figured you for a teddy man. You always struck me as a babydoll kind of guy. Nice feel though. Very silky." She smirked up at him.
He hung it up with a blush. "I-I-I…uh…yeah. I mean, if you like that kind of thing. It's nice. I suppose. Do you like…that kind of thing?" He looked over at her.
Caitlyn smiled. Jason was so cutely obvious. "I guess it's okay. But I don't like teddies; it feels like I'm wearing a swimsuit to bed." She should feel guilty about this, but she really couldn't. Besides, if her hunch was correct, Jason was here to buy her sexy underwear for Valentine's Day. "And they're kind of hard to get out of," she added.
His eyes widened and he dropped the top he was holding. "You, uh…you wear stuff like this?" he asked, waving his hand around the store.
"I got a few things as jokes on my last birthday. But I really only wear them if all my other pajamas are in the laundry. Or to feel pretty when I'm on a date. That's only been three times since October though," she said. Please get the hint, Jase. Buy me pretty underthings and let me jump on you.
Jason mumbled something under his breath that Caitlyn didn't catch.
"What?" she asked.
"Nothing."
She shrugged and continued. "Besides, I prefer the comfy stuff on the other side of the store." She held up a blue bra and some gray boy shorts with a grin.
He stiffened and nodded briskly. "Nice," he squeaked out.
She smiled. God, she was evil. "So…are you…shopping for someone?" she asked as she walked around behind him and leaned against the rack, waiting for his reaction.
He shrugged. "Sorta. It's really at Shane's suggestion, though. He thinks I should break into her apartment next week and sit on her bed until she comes home. In my underwear."
"Oh. That…sounds…very…Shane-like." Caitlyn was sure she was blushing. She blamed the thought of Jason sitting on her bed in his underwear. She turned to the underwear display next to her and flipped through the selection. She couldn't stop smiling though. Jason was totally here to buy her something. She was going to have some fun with this.
He sighed. "Yeah…I don't even know why I'm here really." She felt his eyes on her as she dropped a polka-dot pair into her basket. "Were you like…for real shopping here?" he asked.
"Yeah…sorta. But whatever. Let's help you out. Gotta get this lady of yours, right?" She linked her arm through his and steered him towards the back of the store. Caitlyn knew she shouldn't be playing with him like this, but if he was going to be dropping off stuff at her place every day, she figured he deserved to be messed with a little.
Jason was deathly pale as she started flipping through the selection. She plucked a white corset with suspender straps at the bottom off the rack and held it against her.
"Do you like this?" she asked shyly.
She saw him gulp and look her up and down. It wasn't like he could see anything. She had on jeans and long-sleeved shirt. But she could see him imagining.
"These go with it," she said with a smirk, holding up the bag with the included fishnets.
"It's okay," he said, not sounding as if he really cared one way or the other. But she figured that probably wasn't true.
She held up a leopard print bra-and-panty set and raised her brows questioningly.
He shook his head back and forth.
She put it back on the rack with a shrug. "Shame. Leopard makes me feel dangerous," she said with a wicked grin.
Jason chewed on his lip and looked at it unsurely. "It seems too Tarzan-y…"
"To each his own," she said. She forced herself to pay attention to the clothes. Thinking about Jason and Tarzan would be bad. Then Caitlyn saw it. With a small gasp, she drew out a sheer, black, short babydoll. "What about something like…this?" she smiled up at him as she held it against her.
Jason nodded almost imperceptibly and gave her his garbled consent.
Caitlyn smiled widely. This one was it. "I'm going to go try some of these on. Okay?"
He grimaced, but agreed.
"Do you want to see what these look like on someone before you buy something for that girl?" she asked slowly as she looked up at him, blinking innocently.
Jason freaked. He backed away from her like she had burned him and shook his head back and forth violently. "No…no…just…tell me which one you like best…I don't need to see you in anything."
"O-kay-y," she said. "If you're sure." She did feel a bit bad about this. But not enough to stop.
Caitlyn tried on her selections and picked which she would keep. Then she tried on the babydoll.
She fingered the straps on her shoulders and smiled. It fit perfectly. She felt sexy. Jason would be in for a surprise come Valentine's.
She smirked at herself one last time and got dressed before she walked out.
"I like this one the best," she said, holding up the babydoll. "Unfortunately, I don't have the money for it," she said, hanging it up on the rack. "Oh, well. Maybe next year." Get the hint, Jase. She looped her arm through his and led him up to the cash register.
The cashier smiled at them as she rung up Caitlyn's purchases. "Did you and your boyfriend find everything alright?"
Caitlyn could tell Jason was about to protest, but she wasn't done messing with him yet. She cuddled into his side and grinned. "Oh, yes. We're very satisfied."
"Find anything for Valentine's?" she asked.
Caitlyn giggled shyly and scooted closer. "Oh, that's going to be a surprise." Or so Jason thinks…
Caitlyn kept her arm around Jason's waist until they had left the store. She let go of him and smiled. "Well, that was fun. I'm going to go see if my secret admirer has left me anything since that rose earlier today. Bye!" She walked off, leaving Jason standing motionless in front of the store.
He'd be buying her that babydoll.
Probably right now.
(LINE)
It was Valentine's night, and Caitlyn was on her way home. Over the last week, Jason had given her balloons, a heart-shaped box of chocolates, a sliver envelope necklace with "Today and Always" engraved on it, a plush bee holding a heart that said "Bee Mine", a carousel music box, a gold charm bracelet, and a leather-bound journal.
Dear God. Either he was in love with her, or he treated all girls he liked this well.
And now he was probably in her room, lying on her bed, wearing nothing but boxers.
She got up to her floor and dug in her purse for her keys when she stopped suddenly.
There was a box on the floor.
Caitlyn opened the box slowly.
Fuzzy socks.
She smiled.
He remembered her fuzzy sock collection.
Oh, Jason was totally going to be on the receiving end of a pounce.
She unlocked the door and stepped in the room.
"What the hell?" she said. There was music playing. And the babydoll was lying on the floor. And there was a path of rose petals from the front door that led down to her room. Where she knew Jason was waiting for her. She dropped her keys and bag. "Oh my God," she said softly.
It was dorky and cheesy as hell, but incredibly romantic and sweet.
Caitlyn slipped on the babydoll and for good measure, pulled on the fuzzy socks. She undid her hair and shook it out and put on a new coat of lip gloss.
Then she walked towards the bedroom. She turned the knob and pushed the door open gently.
She smiled as she saw Jason on his side, lying across her bed. In red silk boxers.
"Hi," she said softly.
"Hi," he whispered. He looked nervous.
She tucked her hair behind her ear. "Happy Valentine's Day."
"And to you."
There were candles everywhere. It looked so romantic. "I liked the gifts," she said as her eyes fell back on him.
He sighed in relief. "I'm glad. It took me a while to figure out what to get you."
Caitlyn nodded and looked down at her socks. He continued to stare at her as she fidgeted in the doorway. "I knew it was you the day you left the rose. I knew it when I ran into you at the mall," she said suddenly.
Jason sat up quickly and gave her a bewildered look. "But that was the first day! How?"
Caitlyn smirked at him and walked into the room. "Doorman. And security tapes."
"So…you were just…torturing me on purpose with all of…" he waved his hand at her and took a deep breath.
"This?" she asked innocently, spinning in a circle to show off the lingerie. She smiled. "Yeah."
"I hate you…" he grumbled, crossing his arms.
Caitlyn laughed lightly before she jumped onto the bed and pushed Jason onto his back. "No, you don't," she said teasingly.
"I certainly think you're evil. Like…like…really, really evil," Jason said with a pout.
Caitlyn resisted the urge to kiss him right then and instead leaned over his face. "Said the boy who committed breaking and entering just so he could get a girl," she whispered.
He laughed and played with the ends of her hair. "You like grand, romantic gestures. Even if you say you don't."
She rolled her eyes and drew on his chest with her fingers. "Okay, I like grand, romantic gestures. Now let's kiss or something, please. I was half-tempted to drag you into that dressing room last week just so you'd get that pained look off your face."
He took her face in his hands and pulled her down into a kiss. She smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing herself against him. His hand was in her hair as he kissed her again, and she opened her mouth to his when she felt the pressure of his tongue on her teeth. She tangled her fingers in his curls and he wrapped his hands around her waist in response. His fingers slowly brushed against her stomach and she whined as he hugged her tightly against him, never breaking the kiss.
Best Valentine's ever.