Starlight
I haven't checked for reviews yet, but I'm updating quickly since I'm bored.
Disclaim: I don't own CL.
Claim: I do own all my OCs and the story plot.
+Regretful+
Alan was looking around for Ivy after school when he ran into a girl dressed in brown and white that had midnight hair to her waist.
"Have you seen a boy with brown hair an brown eyes?" she asked him.
"Ulrich?" He said, puzzled.
"Y-yes."
"Yeah, he's with Audrey, over at the... pool. Yeah, the pool."
"Okay. Thanks! My name is Amber."
"My name's Alan. Nice meeting you." Amber hurried passed the strange boy and went back to her room. She looked around for her favorite bathing suit- the one that made her look like a flirt. It was a brown two piece. The bottoms were just brown but the top had a large green star on the font, and next to the big green one were to smaller green ones on either side.
Hurrying back to through the halls, she exited school grounds hastily and headed for the pool. Once there, she paid for entrance and entered gracefully. She found a table that contained a bag and a shirt that looked like Ulrich's, so she guessed he sat there. He also found some other clothes that must have belonged to 'Audrey'.
Amber set her things down on the table, trying to make it look like a random gesture and she slid out of her brown flip-flops. She strutted right over to the diving board, climbed up to the top, and looked around for Ulrich and 'Audrey'. She glared when she saw them making out.
Gotta get his attention, she thought. She jumped on it so it looked as though she was making sure it had a good bounce, when really she was just making it loud enough so that Ulrich and his girlfriend would see her.
She saw them watching her and immediately dove gracefully, as she'd been taught by her adoptive mother, Caroline Kitchen. She landed perfectly, then arched her back and swam upward until her head broke the surface. She swam toward the other side of the pool, trying to make it an accident when she bumped Ulrich's leg.
"Whoa, I'm sorry- oh, hi, Ulrich!" She said as she jumped out of the pool and sat next to him, wringing water from her hair.
"Hi Amber," Ulrich replied, not realizing his mistake until a second to late.
"This is your sister? She doesn't look anything like you," Audrey commented.
"Um, no, I'm not his sister," Amber replied. "I'm a friend of Ulrich's. The name's Amber."
"Audrey." Audrey took Amber's hand and shook it hesitantly, and Ulrich could see the pained look on her face clearly. "I-I've gotta go." So Audrey walked over to the table where her stuff was and wrapped a towel around her as she exited.
"Who's Audrey?" Amber asked.
"Um- my- my-" Ulrich stuttered, but then sighed. "My girlfriend."
"Oh," Amber looked surprised. "Since when?"
"Last night or so." He could tell by the hurt expression on his face that Amber was disappointed.
"Anyway, wanna go for a swim?" Amber seemed to shake it off.
"Sure," he said slightly glumly.
+Love+
Audrey was stopped in the hallway by Odd.
"Hey Audrey," he said quietly. "Would you mind telling me why Ivy's been acting... strange since Alan came?"
"Uh- uh-" Audrey didn't really feel like talking, but she sighed and took him by the elbow. She led him to his own room, having memorized the number thanks to Ulrich.
"Now tell me!" Odd demanded.
"Alright," Audrey started pacing. "See, about a month ago, two weeks before we came to Kadic, Ivy was together with my 'brother', Alan. It was his birthday, and she was bringing over his birthday cake when she caught him kissing Tyresha. She dropped the cake onto the carpet and pretty much ran. I went after her. After that, we got our parents to allow us to go to Kadic Academy, and a week after that- last week- Alan used a special little power of his to send Ivy a visual of his cat self with blue eyes, which means 'sad'. That's why our eyes change colors. Well, after that he just sort of turned up here, and Ivy hasn't exactly given him forgiveness."
Odd thought for a moment, "That explains... a lot."
"Uh-huh." She nodded and left the room, walking down the hall. She looked around the corner just in time to see Ivy was leaning against it, squatting, with her face buried in her knees. She hid behind the corner and listened.
"...and that's what happened," Alan finished. There was a pause.
"I'm sorry Alan," Ivy's voice was muffled. "I'm just not ready to forgive you."
"Ivory-"
"Don't call me that!" She turned around and slammed the door behind her. Audrey crept inside behind her as Alan walked away.
"I heard," she said before Ivy could explain. Ivy's eyes were light blue and red. She noticed Ivy's eyes were light blue and yellow as she flopped down on her bed.
"What happened?"
"Ulrich told me his sister's name is Amber, but it turns out she's really just a 'friend'." Ivy nodded knowingly.
"Ah, the classic 'just a friend' excuse."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"He's cheating on you!"
"Ulrich would never do that!"
"Oh really?" Audrey let the words sink in. There wasn't much else she could do but ask him about it rally... but what if he took it the wrong way?
"Ivy?"
"Hm?"
"Dating is so hard. Sometimes I feel like Ulrich doesn't even like me." She flipped over onto her stomach and propped her chin in her hands to see Ivy's reaction.
Ivy hesitated, searching for the right words, "You know with boys, it's really hard to tell." They sat in silence for a moment before Ivy flipped over and faced Audrey.
"What are you thinking?" Audrey asked suspiciously.
"I'm thinking God gave us the power to be a cat. Maybe we should use that little power now... and find out exactly what Ulrich's up to with what's-her-name... Amber."
"I don't know..."
"I do, and if you won't come, I'll go by myself." Audrey sighed, defeated by Ivy's words.
Ivy and Audrey touched their necklaces, and in moments they were cats, one red and one blue.
"Don't you think someone's going to notice if a red and a blue cat go waltzing down the hall of Kadic Academy?" Audrey meowed.
"Yup, and that's why we're not going that way." Ivy flicked her blue tail to the window and dropped softly to the blue and white carpet next to her bed. They padded to the window and there they jumped on the sill; Ivy worked it open with her teeth and then Audrey pushed it up the rest of the way with her head. When there was enough room, Ivy looked down. Unfortunately, they were on the top floor. Fortunately, though, Amber and Ulrich were sitting at the gangs' usual bench, sopping wet but rapidly drying off. They could listen from the nearby tree.
After they worked out a plan, Audrey began sliding down the building, her nails slowing her down. She crouched while she waited for Ivy, trying not to be seen. Ivy slid down next to her, and they broke into a catlike sprint across the grass, thankful that the bench was turned the opposite way so they weren't seen. Ivy and Audrey scaled the tree quietly and easily, and grinned in a catlike way, proud of themselves. Amber was sitting next to Ulrich, a little too close for comfort for Audrey, and was twirling her hair around her finger flirtatiously. There was a slight amber sparkle hue in her eye as she whispered to Ulrich.
"I love soccer, too!" She was saying. "We are such soul mates!"
"Uh, hehe, I wouldn't say that..." Ulrich laughed nervously.
"Why not, Brownie Bear?" She said the nickname with a giggle but the rest with a pout.
"Um, I don't know, it's just... I have a girlfriend... and I really-"
"Oh, her," she sounded slightly disgusted. "Audrey, was it? Why would you like her? All those red streaks! And red bangs, yuck! I don't see why-"
"I-I haven't really thought about that," Ulrich said shakily. You could tell he was uncomfortable, and by now he had scooted over to the edge of the bench, but Amber had just followed him. She was practically in his lap, and Audrey's neck fur stood on end. Ivy stared on blankly.
"Brownie Bear-"
"I think my name's Ulrich," he interrupted.
"Don't be rude," Amber put a finger to his lips. Ulrich realized how close her face was to hers... he could feel her body heat... smell her minty breath, and see every little detail of her amber eyes. He realized she had a perfectly even tan... everything about her seemed so perfect...
"I-uh... sorry?" Ulrich said it more like a question since he was at such a loss for words. She turned to him, a smile on her plump lips, as though she'd forgiven him.
"As I was saying, Brownie Bear-" she eyes him, as though begging him to interrupt again, just so she could punish him. "- I think it would be best if I... you know... tutor you. That is, if you need any help." She held a face of innocence, one that was extremely close to his. Their lips almost brushed, and he felt a second of extreme neediness before he returned his resistance, turning his head slightly so that he was looking at the tree.
"Um... okay...?" He was seeing something odd... it looked like a red tail, but there was a blue ear next to it. A familiar blue ear...
"Ugh, it's cold!" Amber offered a fake shiver and scooted even closer to Ulrich; he was now pressed against the bar but she wouldn't stop coming closer. He finally ran out of space, and she lay her head on his shoulder. She wriggled her arm through his, smiling mischieviously.
"Walk me to my dorm?"
"Uh, sure?" He was dazed from that near kiss, so he walked numbly along with her, actually, she was leading him since he didn't know where her room was. They stopped outside her dorm and he was about to walk away when she grabbed his arm. He turned back to see what she wanted, and was met with a soft, tender kiss that nearly knocked him over. He pulled away after five seconds, and was met with eyes of confusion.
"What?"
"I-I have a girlfriend!" He said.
"But you don't like her, you like me!" She alleged.
"What the hell are you talking about!?"
"I kissed you Ulrich, and you waited too long before you pulled away. You like me more than her."
"That's not true!"
"Keep telling yourself that. See you in the library tomorrow after school." She winked and smiled when she closed the door. Ulrich turned to leave, his cheeks flushed, but then he realized his mistake.
Sitting on the floor were two cats, one red and one blue, their eyes both red and light blue.
Okay end chapter. Alright fine, I'll continue, put your torches and pitchforks away!!!
The red cat licked the fur on her chest, more correctly the pendant on her collar, and she transformed into a human once again. Ivy stayed a cat, her eyes gazing at him knowingly.
Audrey was silent for a moment, tears threatening at the brims of her eyes. "Ulrich, what the fuck was that?!!!"
"Audrey!" He stared into those captivating eyes, swirling in so many different colors, and watched as the tears cascaded down her tan cheeks. After staring at Amber's perfect face, he realized how Audrey's face was imperfect, like the scars underneath her ear and her thin lips. She wasn't perfect, but she was special... very special.
"Well?"
"Audrey, I didn't kiss her! She kissed me, I swear! I-I-I-!" But he was at loss for words in those beautiful now-yellow eyes. Instead he ran to her and wrapped his arms around her thin body, her burying her face in his shoulder and wiping the tears away quickly. Looking out the corner of his eye, Ulrich noticed the blue cat slipping away, but not before he noticed the light blue hue to her eyes that matched her beautiful sky-colored pelt.
Ivy was on her way back to her room when she was tackled from the side by another cat. This cat was bigger than her, way bigger, and he had untrustworthy amber eyes that stared into hers. She lunged back, scratching and hissing and spitting at him. She bit into his thick gray neck fur, catching a glimpse of his collar:
AMBER LOUISON 949-6509
"You bitch, you aren't worth it!" She bit down more gently and released him.
"I'm the bitch? Your bite is way worse than your bark!" The boy meowed softly, licking his ruffled neck fur and winced when he touched a scratch.
"Rude much?" She licked her own cut, on the bottom of her feet.
"I'd say you are. Is your foot okay?"
"You got me right on the pad!" She licked it gingerly, knowing that she'd have a cut on the bottom of her hand when she turned into a human again.
"Sorry 'bout that. My name's Scraps by the way."
"I'm Ivy. I've got to go human again, but I'll see you later, 'kay Scraps?"
"Sure, whatever that means. I better be getting back to Amber, anyhow." Ivy turned into a human and watched her newfound kitty friend prance away.
Ivy slipped into her room to see Audrey just coming out.
"I'm meeting Ulrich at the pond," Audrey explained. "He wants to make it up to me."
"Watch it, Audrey, you never know."
Audrey rolled her eyes and walked toward the pond. When she arrived, she was greeted with Ulrich on a green blanket he'd laid out to face the sunset. He was kicking back, hands crossed behind his head, when she plopped down next to him with a smile on her face. She lay down too, and he let her use his arm for a pillow.
Her entire body relaxed as she lay on her head on his chest. She was overwhelmed with the happiness that Ulrich hadn't cheated on her... she couldn't believe how lucky she was to have a great guy like Ulrich for a boyfriend, but at the same time it made her hurt on the inside in a way she couldn't quite figure out. Maybe it was because she was happy, and she knew for a fact that Ivy wasn't.
Ulrich moved so he faced Audrey, her head still resting on his upper arm. She rolled her eyes and smiled. He crossed his own eyes, and she giggled; he stared into those happy pink eyes and wondered exactly how he had ended up with such a great girl like her.
But she broke his thoughts simply by pressing her thin lips to his, smiling through the kiss and pressing her body against his until there was no space between them. He deepened the kiss by wrapping his free arm around her waist, and she gladly opened her mouth and let him in.
They were unaware that Alan was watching them longingly, knowing that once he and Ivy had done the exact same thing. He moved away from the window and forced himself up the stairs toward Ivy's room, then knocked. Ivy answered, and he noticed a band-aid on her palm.
"What happened?" He grabbed her palm tenderly, and to his utter shock, she didn't pull it away. She was apparently on the road to forgiving him.
"Cat fight," she blushed. "I won." She knew it was wrong to lie, but she knew she was falling for him again. She didn't want it to happen, and she certainly wasn't going to let on about that, but it just felt so... it felt so right.
Ivy didn't realize how close they were until Alan's lips nearly pressed to his, but she turned away and walked to the window. She stared out, seeing Audrey and Ulrich lost in their little make-out session, and sighed.
Audrey was losing herself in this perfect moment. She didn't want it to end. She didn't want him to stop holding her so close. She didn't want the sun to set. She didn't want anyone to interrupt them (specifically XANA). She didn't want Ulrich to like anyone but her. She didn't want to stop this perfect five minutes.
And vice versa.
Fluffy fluffy fluffy... how cute! I knew you guys would like fluff... so here it is. Thanks for any and all reviews, and as for you, 'Audrey', you better review or no chapters for you!
SB