Disclaimer: The WAT Kats are owned by Hanna Barbera and the Tremblay Brothers. I own the OCs.
Thank You once again Misarae.
They all went back to the car, grabbed their bags, and placed them inside the house before leaving to find a restaurant.
After arriving in the center of town, they found a parking space and parked the car. As they got out and looked around, they saw the tree-lined streets and old style street lamps that were just starting to flicker to life.
Jake looked up and down the street, then asked Felina, "Which way do you want to go?"
Felina took a look and saw a small crowd gathered around a railing a few blocks up. She replied, "Looks like there's a pretty big crowd up there. I guess we should go that way, and see what the fuss is about."
Chance took Callie's paw, and Jake took Felina's as they walked to where the crowd was. The two couples smiled happily and made small jokes at each other's expense on the way.
As they arrived at the railing, they realized that they had stumbled upon a French Restaurant with sidewalk seating. They took a look at the menu and decided 'why not?', since they were celebrating Chance's and Callie's engagement.
They walked in and were greeted by the hostess. She asked, "How many in your party?"
Chance answered, "Four, please." Then he looked into Callie's eyes and saw the candlelight dancing in them. He could do nothing but smile, knowing that she was going to be his wife for the rest of his life.
Callie looked at Chance and asked him, "Is everything alright? Do I have something on my face?"
"Yes, everything is perfect, my love. I am just watching the candlelight dancing playfully in those beautiful green eyes of yours, and thinking that I am the luckiest tom in the world to have you as my future wife," Chance replied, then kissed her.
Felina overheard Chance, and mockingly stuck her finger down her throat while making a gagging sound.
Callie broke the kiss and looked at Felina, then gave her a playful punch in the arm for breaking the mood.
The hostess came back and said, "Right this way."
They followed the hostess to a table in the center of the restaurant. Chance pulled out a chair for Callie, and pushed it back in when she sat down. Jake did the same for Felina. They all looked at the menus and decided what to order. Then Jake said to the group, "Dinner is on Felina and me tonight. We are celebrating your engagement, after all"
The hostess heard what Jake said and left for the kitchen. She told the owner/ head chef that a couple had come in to celebrate their engagement. The head chef stopped what he was doing, and instructed one of the junior chefs to take over. He followed the hostess back to the table. When he arrived, he asked with a French accent, "Who is the lucky couple?"
Chance and Callie held up their paws for a second, then put them back down.
The owner looked at Callie carefully, then asked, "Did you live here when you were a kitten? You look familiar to me."
Callie thought about it for a minute. She did have a tom friend that came over to the house once in a while when she was there. They had played in the yard, got ice cream, watched movies, and got into mischief together. She answered, "I visited my Grandmother constantly when I was a kitten. She owned the old Victorian house on Elm."
The owner's face lit up. He did remember her. He said, "My little flower, Callie! My, how you have grown into such a beautiful she-cat. How have you been?"
When Callie heard him call her "my little flower, Callie", she remembered his name. She said questioningly, "Frankie?"
"It's François now. I stopped using Frankie after my father was transferred to Paris," François said.
Callie got up and walked over to François, giving him a hug, before saying, "François, let me introduce my friends and fiancé. The two over there are Jake and Felina, and the tom over there is my fiancé, Chance."
"Welcome to my restaurant! Since this is a celebration of your engagement, my little flower, let me take care of you personally. The menu that you saw does not apply anymore. You are going to have to trust François and let me give you a culinary tour of France." He walked back towards the kitchen, but stopped at the bar first. He told the bartender something in French. The bartender opened a trap door behind the bar and went into the basement. He came back up with a very dusty green bottle. He placed it in an ice bucket and brought it to the table. Then he said, "This will be ready to serve in fifteen minutes. Not a minute before, not a minute after."
Meanwhile, a server arrived at the table with a chilled bottle of wine and four wine glasses. She said, "A gift from François." She poured a glass for each of them and re-corked the bottle. She then placed it in another ice bucket and left.
Jake leaned over to Chance, and said, "This is going to be some dinner. I hope you like French food, because it can be real rich."
Chance just smiled.
The server arrived back at the table and said, "Your first course is served." He placed a basket of warm bread at the center of the table, followed by a plate of salad being set in front of each of them. He then asked, "Would anyone like fresh ground pepper?" He held up a large peppermill.
Callie and Felina raised their paws. The server went to Felina first and gave the peppermill a few turns, grinding up the peppercorns and leaving the grindings on her salad. He did the same for Callie. He left after that.
They ate the salad and drank their first glasses of wine. Once they were finished, Chance reached over and took Callie's paw in his before stroking her fingers. Callie just looked into his eyes and saw Chance's love for her pouring out. She smiled, knowing that he was going to be with her for the rest of her life.
The server returned and cleared the salad plates. He left, but soon returned with the second course. He served each a bowl of vegetable bisque, before going back to the kitchen.
They ate the bisque. It was good, but a hair on the spicy side for Felina.
A couple at another table were having a quarrel. From what they heard, the she-cat was accusing the tom of cheating on her with another she-cat. The tom denied it, and told her that it was all in her head. Felina had heard all of it before, and did not like where it was going. She kept an ear on the conversation at the other table, but kept her eyes fully focused on Jake. The other couple proceeded to get more vocal in their argument. The hostess went over to the couple and asked them to please keep it down. They were disturbing the other diners. The tom told her to mind her own business. This did not sit well with Felina at all. The she-cat told the tom that she wanted a divorce. The tom got up and slapped her, saying that was not going to happen.
The group heard the slap. They all turned to look at the couple. Chance, Felina, and Jake were all seeing red. How dare he lay a paw on her! Felina proceeded to get up with a very angry look on her face, but Jake held her back. She reluctantly sat back down. Chance and Jake excused themselves from their dates and calmly walked over to the tom. Chance was the first to speak. He said calmly, "I suggest that you apologize to her immediately, then get up and leave."
The tom got out of his seat and into Chance's face, saying, "What does it matter to you how I treat my wife?"
Chance was now very angry with the tom, and he said a little more forcefully, "No she-cat deserves to have a paw laid on her, ever! I don't know you, bub, and the way you act, I don't want to. But if you do not leave this place right now, I am going to "escort" you out. Understand?"
The tom did not seem to take the hint. He gave Chance a shove, and said loudly, "Why don't you go back to your table and 'play' with your blonde floozy over there, and leave us alone!"
Not only did Chance not appreciate the shove, but the other tom had insulted his fiancé! He grabbed the tom by the scruff of the neck and lifted him off the ground. Then he grabbed the tom by the belt with his other paw, and proceeded to carry him outside. He placed the tom down on his feet once they were outside the restaurant, and told him to take a walk to cool down.
The tom took a swing at Chance, which Chance blocked. Chance said to the tom, "Wrong move." Chance punched him and knocked him out.
The hostess had already called the police when she heard the slap. The police arrived as Chance punched the other tom, knocking him out. They questioned Chance as to what happened. Chance answered every question truthfully, and was backed up by the tom's wife.. or soon to be ex-wife. The police arrested the tom and drove off after checking on the tom's wife to make sure that she was alright.
Jake was with the tom's soon-to-be ex-wife the entire time. He asked her, "Are you sure you are alright? He hit you pretty hard," noticing the bruise starting to form.
"Thank you. I knew he was having an affair with a co-worker. He came home drunk one night and had lipstick all over his face and chest. This dinner was our last attempt at staying together. Now that he is going to be out of my life, how am I going to support my kittens?" she said through tears.
Jake placed a paw on her shoulder to comfort her while Chance was being questioned by the police. He asked, "What is your name, and what did you do before meeting your husband?"
"My name is Susan. I was a paralegal before I had kittens. I still work, but only part time while the kittens are in school," Susan said to Jake.
"Susan, what if I told you that I might be able to get you a position in MegaKat city? The District Attorney's office is always looking for talent, so if you are interested, I am sure my friend the Deputy Mayor could set you up with an interview," Jake said to Susan.
Susan was now smiling. She never thought that she would have the opportunity to work in the District Attorney's office in MegaKat city. Susan gave Jake a hug, and said, "Thank you. I don't even know your name."
"It's Jake. Sitting over there is the Deputy Mayor, and my friend Chance's fiancé, Callie Briggs, and the other she-cat glaring at me with daggers in her eyes is my girlfriend, Lt. Felina Feral," Jake said, while pointing to the table where Callie and Felina sat.
Susan thanked Jake again as a server came over with an ice pack. Jake gave her one of Callie's business cards, and told Susan to call Callie's office when she was ready. Once Chance was done with the police's questions, he walked back into the restaurant and to Susan's table. When Chance arrived, Jake got up from his seat and excused himself and walked back to their table with Chance.
Chance and Jake returned to Callie and Felina, the rest of the patrons gave them a round of applause. They sat down. Chance said to Callie, "I'm sorry for ruining our celebration. I just could not let that tom get away with hitting his wife. That is something my father told me should never happen."
Callie leaned over to Chance and kissed him. She said, "Thank you for defending me when he called me a floozy, and for being the gallant tom that you are."
François came over to the table and said, "That was a very admirable thing to do. I didn't see any other patrons getting up to help. Your dinner is on the house."
Chance turned and looked at François, before saying, "Thank you, François. If Jake and I didn't get up and help, Felina would have, and that poor tom would not be leaving in a police car, but in an ambulance if she had been able to get her paws on him."
Felina was still slightly jealous of Jake touching another she-cat. She sat with her arms crossed and her tail bristled out. Jake cautiously placed his arm around her and said softly to Felina, "You have nothing to worry about Felina. Susan needed comforting but you are the one that I want to 'play' with."
Felina chuckled as she heard Jake say "play with" and she cuddled into Jake. Jake kissed her head.
Callie said, looking at the couple, "Now who is acting like a newlywed couple?"
Felina looked at Callie and said, "We are, and I like it. You have a problem with it? Tough."
François smiled and checked the green bottle that had been placed in the ice bucket earlier. He saw that it was now ready to be served. He motioned to the bartender to open the bottle and serve the group. The bartender reached under the bar and brought out a sabre. He walked over to the table and took the bottle out of the ice bucket. He placed the cutting edge of the blade by the hilt of the sabre onto the neck of the bottle just below the cork and rotated the bottle, placing a score line in the glass. Then with one swift motion, he drew the sabre across the score line, severing the top of the bottle. A server came over with four champagne flutes, and placed one in front of each of them as another server brought out the next course. Before each of them sat a rack of lamb, along with fresh asparagus and rice pilaf. The bartender poured each of them a flute of champagne, then said, "Enjoy," before leaving the table.
None of them has ever seen a bottle of champagne opened in such a manner. They all sat there in awe of the bartender being able to do that with such precision. Then they all turned their attention to the meal in front of them. The lamb was cooked to perfection. It had just enough juice left inside for it to remain tender and melt in the mouth of the diner.
After they all finished the course, Jake held up his flute of champagne and said, "To the happy couple! May your love for each other last forever!" They all held up their flutes and clinked them together. Then they drank the champagne. Their flutes were refilled.
Finally, dessert was served. It consisted of fine pastries that had been made that day. A large selection was placed in the center of the table for them to choose from. They each selected one and ate it in relative silence. They were all stuffed afterwards.
Felina said to the group, "I think we are all going to have to walk this off before turning in for the night. I feel as if I have just gained ten pounds."
Jake gave Felina a hot once-over, then said to her, "If you did, I want to know where you hid it. You look as sexy as ever," as he placed a paw on her leg.
The group got up and started to leave. Jake left a hefty tip on the table. The meal may have been taken care of by François, but the servers still deserved recognition for their service. On the way out, they all thanked François for their dinner. François told Callie that if she was in the area again to give him a call so they could catch up. She told him that she and Chance were planning on moving into Callista's old house once they were married, so he would be seeing her again real soon. François kissed her paw and said goodnight to them as they left.
Jake suggested that they take a walk along the boardwalk to work off some of their dinner. They all agreed, feeling slightly bloated from all of that rich food. They had walked about a half mile on the boardwalk, with the couples holding each other's paws, when Callie let out a yawn.
Chance heard her yawn, and turned his head toward her before asking, "Do you want to go back to the house?"
Callie replied, "It is getting late, and you and Felina have a big day tomorrow dealing with Dark Kat. You both are going to need your rest."
They walked back to the car and headed back to the house. Once they arrived, Chance carried Callie's and his bags up to the master bedroom, and Jake carried his and Felina's to the guest bedroom. The pairs said good night to each other and went their separate ways.
Jake was the first to climb into bed, followed by Felina, who was chuckling ever so slightly. Jake asked, after giving her a kiss, "What did you do?"
Felina replied, "Me? Oh nothing.. much. I just swapped out Callie's sleepwear with something that will drive Chance crazy," as she started nibbling on Jake's ear and running her paws down his chest. Jake turned off the light and claimed her mouth with his.
Chance stripped out of his clothes, brushed his teeth, and got into bed. Callie went to her changing area after brushing her teeth, and opened her bag, looking for the teddy that she had bought, but instead, she found the outfit that Felina had picked out for her. She thought to herself, "Felina, you little minx!" Callie imagined punching Felina real hard in the arm, then she thought, "I can't wear this, can I?" Callie put it on and took a look in the mirror. It fit her like a glove. It gave her breasts enough lift to seem bigger than they were, and the panties showed off her backside and tail. She didn't bother with the stockings. She left the changing area to find Chance already in bed. She said as she struck a seductive pose, "Chance, what do you think of this?"
Chance's eyes bulged out of their sockets as he looked over at Callie and what she was wearing. He said, "Are you trying to put me in a coma? You look absolutely beautiful. Come here and let me show you how beautiful you are."
She walked over to him and got into bed. They kissed passionately as Chance ran his paws all over her body. She returned the gesture by running her paws up and down his back, feeling all of the strong and toned muscles under his fur, all the way to his tail. Then she slipped her paws under the waistband of his underwear to feel his backside as Chance buried his face in the crook of her neck, sucking on her pulse and making her purr.
Chance was fighting a losing battle. His mind was telling him to slow down, but his heart was slamming in his chest, telling him to keep going and pleasure the goddess lying next to him.
Callie made the decision for him. She said, "Chance, I want you to make love to me tonight. I want this night to be special for both of us."
Chance kissed her deeply, Chance kissed her deeply, savoring the feel of his tongue brushing hers. Then he pulled back long enough to say, "You have made me the happiest tom ever since you said that you would be my wife!" He kissed her again as he removed their clothing before climbing on top of her and doing exactly what she had asked him to. They made love for hours that night, eventually falling into a deep, blissful sleep in each other's arms.
End of Chapter