That made her giggle and she lay her free hand on her lover’s knee gently, looking into his eyes. “I never have to do anything with you love. I always want to do something with you and for you though,” she whispered so only he would hear.
“And the next thing I want to do with you is another surprise I have. Don’t get upset though but we have to go to Harrison’s building to do it.” Since she knew the two were not on good terms, she felt it was best to let him know ahead of time.
Jack was surprised, yes, but it didn’t bother him. He might not be fond of Harrison personally (and he did still envy him sometimes), but he knew he and Katelynn were friends, and he appreciated everything he’d done for her. Going to his building would be fine – if they had to deal with the man himself, Jack could easily be friendly for Katelynn’s sake.
“I’m not upset at all,” he assured her. “I can’t wait to see what the surprise will be!” And he finished his piece of cake quickly, eager to find out.
Happy to see him so excited, she asked for a box for the cake and put the piece she hadn’t finished in there to eat later. In her mind she could already see herself straddling Jack’s sleeping form and rousing him gently to the sight of her covered in the cake for him to enjoy and blushed.
She really needed to stop that.
“L-Let’s go then…” she instructed when they were all packed up, leading him off to her friend’s building. She didn’t want to give away any of the surprise so she tried distracting him with talks of what to get everyone for Christmas and how Metro City had changed so much and yet stayed the same. And how much she was enjoying it here with everyone.
Once in the building, they took the elevator that would lead to a top, empty floor. “Surprise..” she whispered as the doors pinged open for Jack to see what she had prepared.
One of the walls were ceiling high windows that stretched out from one side of the room to the other, giving the room a ethereal glow with Metro City’s skyline as the lights in the room themselves were off. On another wall was a huge white canvas with paint buckets at their feet in several colors and white sheets to protect the floors. On them it read ‘edible paint’ so they could create a canvas. And lastly there was a TV in the corner with a DVD player and a big beanbag chair with blankets where she had Nightmare Before Christmas set up to play.
“I-I um..really wanted tonight to be special and didn’t want to do something cliche and Harrison was telling me about romantic trips he was taking Mets on and my plans felt a bit plain compared to that s-so..he helped me a bit to plan this and gave me the room but I did most of this myself and I du-dunno I just wanted it to be special and unique and make you happy and make it memorable.”
She was a bit worried at times that it was rather lame but she checked his expression to see if he liked it.
The distraction wasn’t really necessary, since Jack honestly had no idea what to expect. If they’d been heading home, that would be one thing, but the fact she’d reserved a special room meant almost anything could happen. Oh, he enjoyed their conversation very much, but it was a bit hard to concentrate, with his imagination running wild with possibilities of what she might have planned …
When the doors opened, he gasped.
“K-Katelynn, I can’t believe …” His voice faltered. He had no idea how long this must have taken for her to arrange, not to mention setting it up. He knew she was trying to recreate the afternoon they’d spent in his apartment, of course, but this was far, far more.
It was perfect. Everything was perfect.
She was perfect.
Jack’s mouth opened and closed a few times as he struggled to find words. But none came, so he simply reached out and gently pulled Katelynn close. He nuzzled his blue forehead affectionately against her peach one, then tilted her chin up and kissed her tenderly.
Jack Maple 