Audrey Hitchcock
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 13, 2009 20:03:46 GMT -5
The Yule Ball. Everything was so amazing the night of the Yule Ball. The staff had gone all out, as usual. The lawns were completely decked out. Of course, nature had done it's part by laying down a fresh layer of snow during the afternoon hours. The moon was shining, the snow was sparkling, and Audrey was sitting underneath one of the many arched windows. She was getting cold, but she had no plans of going back into the drama-filled Great Hall with the rest of the student population.
Audrey ran her hands up and down her arms, trying to create a little friction to keep herself warm. It really was a beautiful night.
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 13, 2009 20:22:25 GMT -5
Standing by the refreshment table, Mike finished a quick cup of Butterbeer, the night was winding down, there were still many students left in the dance, dancing as if there would be no end to the night. Tossing the cup over his shoulder, walking away, not glancing back, he knew for certain that cup had found its way in to the trash, being the good shot he had always been. Mike looked around the Hall, not seeing Audrey, he knew she was probably out in the Gardens.
Making his way through the crowd on the dance floor, he rounded the corner of the Great Hall and pushed the front doors open, stepping out on to the path leading from the castle. He followed the path to the Gardens with his eyes, spotting Audrey at last. He walked along the path, entering the gardens, glancing around at the lights. The Gardens indeed did look amazing, between the lights, moonlight, and snow. Stepping over the bench and then sitting back on the bench beside her, he let his arm go around her shoulders, pulling her close to him. "You were right, tonight was indeed marvelous." he said quietly, with a smile on his face, he glanced around at the Garden one more time, "Couldn't think of any better ending to it. You look beautiful, just as you always do" he added, turning his head to Audrey, kissing her on the cheek. Of course the night wasn't exactly over, the whole Dance might be, but he figured once Mike and her went upstairs in a while after some time out here, things were just gonna get started. Right now, let's just live in the present, we'll think of the future soon, he thought to himself, almost laughing.
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Audrey Hitchcock
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 14, 2009 0:16:30 GMT -5
"You were right, tonight was indeed marvelous." he said quietly, with a smile on his face, he glanced around at the Garden one more time, "Couldn't think of any better ending to it. You look beautiful, just as you always do" he added, turning his head to Audrey, kissing her on the cheek.
Still staring out across the Gardens, the girl said, "Aren't I always?" Audrey smiled slightly. When Mike kissed her cheek, she froze. She wasn't sure why, but things were a little awkward. Trying to nip the awkwardness in the bud, she placed her hands on each side of Mike's face and kissed him passionately. "I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. No, I want to spend forever with you. Always." She wasn't sure why she felt the need to state what was completely obvious, but something about tonight had made it seem necessary.
Maybe it was Julia. Maybe it was seeing that Eric had been with half the female student population. Maybe it was...no. It wasn't that. She made sure it wasn't that. Maybe it was because she wasn't. Maybe it was because the test said no. No matter the cause, her confession was the effect. While she was confessing, she might as well tell him everything. "Mike..."
How was she supposed to tell him that she had thought she was pregnant? How was she supposed to tell the guy she wanted to spend the rest of her life with that she was afraid to have his child. Audrey shook her head and placed her face in her hands. "I love you." He already knew that! Why did she keep telling him? She took a deep breath, readying herself for his reaction. "I thought I was pregnant." Audrey dropped her hands from her face and looked Mike in the eyes. "We had a pregnancy scare." Watching Mike's face carefully for his reaction, she continued. "But I checked everything out, and I'm not."
A strange feeling overcame Audrey, and she turned her face away from Mike so he wouldn't see the tears. There weren't many. They weren't loud. For some reason though, she just couldn't convince them to stay in their ducts. Audrey ran her hands over her face, trying to slyly wipe away the tears, acting as if she were simply in awe that the scare had ever happened. She sighed and hoped he would take it as a sigh of relief. Too bad you're dumb, and you wanted the kid, she thought. Her subconscious had been poking fun at her ever since she found out that she wasn't. And as usual, she grimmaced at the mental reminder that she had started planning in the short time that she hadn't known what her future would hold for her.
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 14, 2009 0:37:09 GMT -5
Mike grinned at her comment of always being right, "Yes, you are." he said with a small laugh. As she placed her hands on his face and began kissing him, he closed his eyes slowly, concentrating on her lips. Pulling away, he looked in to her eyes, "I love you too, and I as well wish to be with you, forever, and ever." he said nodding. Mike knew that she loved him of course, but he never got tired of hearing it. "I thought I was pregnant." Audrey dropped her hands from her face and looked Mike in the eyes. "We had a pregnancy scare." Watching Mike's face carefully for his reaction, she continued. "But I checked everything out, and I'm not."[/] Pregnant?? Did he just hear that she was pregnant, first hearing what she spoke, not every word registered with Mike, but then word by word began finally registering, pregnancy scare. This dealt a big blow to him, his heart turned cold. He had been truthfully excited and scared when he first thought she was pregnant. But a pregnancy scare. Mike had always wanted children of his own, preferably a daughter. No chance of that now, but that didn't mean it couldn't happen in the future, there was only one person Mike wanted to be the mother of his children and that was Audrey.
Mike.... was her next word. The peaceful feeling seemed to dissapear for a split second. The way Audrey said his name was quite unlike her, something was up, something was not quite right. Mike looked at her with a little concern, curious to see what might be bothering her. Her mood seemed to change rather quickly and Mike needed to know why. I love you, Mike smiled at her saying this once again, he never got tired of hearing this no matter what, but something was still wrong, he could sense it. He kept his expression the same the whole time, not showing happiness, nor sadness, nothing, just a neutral expression, he didn't want to upset Audrey.
As Audrey turned her head away, Mike ran a hand through his hair and rubbed his face with his own hands for a moment. He didn't know what to think, he wasn't upset, nor relieved. He wanted kids, but he was also scared to be father, and excited to be a father as well. Mike brought one of his hands to Audrey's chin, turning her head back to him, he looked in to her eyes, taking his thumb and wiping her tears away. "Someday" he said quietly, "I love you Audj." he leaned in, kissing her on the lips, then the cheek. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in to a tight embrace.
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Audrey Hitchcock
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 14, 2009 2:55:15 GMT -5
Mike brought one of his hands to Audrey's chin, turning her head back to him, he looked in to her eyes, taking his thumb and wiping her tears away. "Someday" he said quietly, "I love you Audj." he leaned in, kissing her on the lips, then the cheek. He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in to a tight embrace.
So much for her stealthy coverup. Audrey just let him hold her for a long time. Of course, as soon as he said anything at all that was comforting, she tears came back. With avengence. She hadn't cried like this in a very long time; not since Axel left. Axel... She stopped that line of thought. She wasn't allowed to think about him, ever.
After what seemed like hours of just sitting in Mike's arms, the tears finally stopped. "I'm sorry." Audrey said, wiping at the tears. "I've just been stressed about this whole thing, and I didn't know how to tell you when I first...well, when I was late. I didn't want to worry you if there wasn't any real reason for you to be worried. And then I just found out for sure yesterday. I just wanted you to enjoy the Yule Ball. i didn't want to you to be thinking about this all night." She clamped her mouth shut to stop the rambling. Sitting up straight, breaking Mike's hold on her, she took his hands. "Thank you for being so cool." Audrey smiled. "I don't think I could ever explain to you how much that means to me." She lifted his hands to her mouth and kissed them. "I love you." The girl brushed her lipd along his jawline, from his chin to his ear. "And, yes. Someday."
Without Mike's arms around her to keep her warm, Audrey suddenly realized how cold it was outside. She looked at her arms as a shiver passed through her body. "I'm cold. Do you mind if we go back inside? The Ball is almost over, and I want to get one more dance out of you before the night's over." Audrey laughed and stood up. Looking back at Mike, she wasn't completely certain as to where her life would be headed, but she knew that they would be together. Nothing else mattered.
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 14, 2009 13:40:53 GMT -5
As Mike held her, time seemed to go by slower than usual, he didn't care. All that mattered was Audrey, and if Audrey were to be in his arms forever, so be it, that's exactly what he wanted. While he held her, his thoughts wandered to what it would be like if she was really pregnant. He'd be supportive of her no matter what, sure he'd be scared, but excited at the same time. Finally having a son or daughter with Audrey, she'd be the mother of his child. Well, that would happen soon, only when Audrey was ready, and he was ready.
"Audrey, you have nothing to be sorry about." Mike said looking in to her eyes, this was true, her getting pregnant wasn't all her doing, it was part of his too... but that's beside the point. Fact was it was a pregnancy scare, it wasn't her fault for thinking she was pregnant, if she was really pregnant, that would be exciting to Mike, as he wanted to have kids. "Audrey, just know, no matter what, I'll be here supporting you. I want to have kids, maybe not now, but sometime soon. There's no one besides you I'd want to be the mother of my children." he said, looking deeply in to her eyes, kissing her lips.
"It is getting rather cold out her," Mike said in agreement. Grinning at her suggestion to get one more dance in, he nodded, "Yeah, let's head in." he added, getting to his feet. Stretching his arms for a minute, sighing a little bit, slowly, so she would not see it. He didn't know whether the sigh was from the cold, from the relief that Audrey confessed to him, or from the little bit of disappointment that he wasn't going to be having a son or daughter soon. He turned to her, wrapping an arm around Audj's shoulders, he noticed the chill that had gone through her. Pulling her close to him as they walked in to the Ball.
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Audrey Hitchcock
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 14, 2009 23:11:27 GMT -5
Audrey smiled at his encouraging words. She knew that they would have children someday, but now was not the time. As Mike placed his arm around her shoulders, Audrey twisted her body to face him, threw her arms around his neck, and kissed him. Barely pulling back enough to breathe, she said, "I love you. Now c'mon. Let's go dance." She grabbed Mike by the hand and half ran back inside, laughing.
The room had cleared out immensly since Audrey had made her escape outside. Almost everyone had gone back to their dorms, it seemed. That didn't bother Audrey though. As long as the band was still playing, she and Mike could still dance. The band started playing a slow song; the singer's voice crooning about a love that he had lost. The girl turned to the boy she loved and gracefully put her arms around his neck, starting to sway to the rhythm of the music.
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 14, 2009 23:28:54 GMT -5
Not quite expecting her sudden turning to him, throwing her arms around him thing, he still wrapped his arms around her when she did so, and kissed her back. "I love you too, and alright, if you really wanna." he said with a laugh. Then she was off, Mike having to sprint a little bit, to keep up with Audrey when she first took off.
The dance had slowed down indeed, which was a nice change as compared to earlier. A few people Mike knew where here and there, and friends. Mike giving them small nods, as he followed Audrey back in to the dance. Without her seeing, he let his hand go up to his tie, loosening it a bit so it resembled a rock star's as it had earlier, it was late, the tie was starting to feel like it was choking him, Audj probably wouldn't mind. When she turned to him, putting her arms around his neck, he let his slide slowly around her waist. Mike followed her lead as she swayed. He looked around the Hall, watching a few people, then looked back in to Audrey's eyes.
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Audrey Hitchcock
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 15, 2009 0:35:21 GMT -5
Audrey rolled her eyes when Mike loosened his tie. "That's really cute, Mike." The song was slow and everyone was gone or leaving the room. The energy was low. And all of a sudden Audrey was very sleepy. The girl laid her head on Mike's shoulder and tried to stifle a yawn. It didn't work out so well and she ended up looking and sounding like she was starting to hyperventilate.
When the song finally ended, Audrey lifted her head up and looked Mike in the eyes. "You want to go upstairs?" She didn't plan on having sex with Mike tonight. Not after the pregnancy scare, but she would love to just sleep with Mike. Spending the entire night being held by the guy she loved so deeply. It sounded wonderful in her mind. Of course, she still had a few questions up her sleeve for him, and it would be better for her to go ahead and ask them now instead of waiting for it to be too late for him to change his plans, or for her's to be changed. Either way, she wanted to spend every second she could with him. Why should tonight be any different?
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 15, 2009 0:51:31 GMT -5
"Well the thing has been choking me all night." Mike said, putting on an innocent smile, hoping she'd be alright with the fact he loosened it, the real reason of course being, he hated tight ties anyhow and it looked better in his opinion looser. As she laid her head on his shoulder, he let one of his hands move to her head, stroking her hair gently. Mike laughed when she attempted to stifle her yawn, "Tired babe?"
As the song ended, Mike managed to stifle a yawn of his own, he had his eyes closed at one point, focusing only on the feel of Audrey in his arms and the music, when he felt her move her head, he opened his eyes looking down. "Yeah, sounds good." Mike said nodding, he wouldn't of minded having sex, but he felt a little nervous about it after the pregnancy false alarm as well, and figured she was too, so he wasn't going to push at it. He was also tired, and the one thing he wanted right now was to lay in a bed, with Audrey in his arms. Taking her hand in his, Mike yawned, covering his mouth with his other hand, and started out of the hall, leading Audrey up the stairs to the Room of Requirments
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Audrey Hitchcock
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 15, 2009 1:16:59 GMT -5
Mike laughed when she attempted to stifle her yawn, "Tired babe?"
"Oh shush." Audrey said with a laugh.
When he felt her move her head, he opened his eyes looking down. "Yeah, sounds good." Mike said nodding...taking her hand in his, Mike yawned, covering his mouth with his other hand, and started out of the hall, leading Audrey up the stairs to the Room of Requirments
Audrey slowly trudged along behind Mike until they got to the stairs. "Hold on a sec," she said, placing one hand on the wall for balance and using the other to pull off her heels. "Ok...let's go." Her feet were practically screaming at her for wearing the shoes all night, but she was so tired she didn't notice too much. Audrey leaned on Mike for support as they climbed the stairs. Yawning, she said, "Sorry...tired."
Finally they reached the tapestry that hid the entryway for the Room. "You walk and think 'Bed!' I'm going to sit down." She kissed Mike on the cheek and found a spot along the wall to lean her back against as he walked. Audrey was pretty sure that she nodded off a couple of times in the short period of time that Mike had been pacing, but as soon as she saw the door appear, she had a small burst of energry. (Probably adrenaline due to her excitement over the close proximity of a bed to sleep in.) "Yay!" she exclaimed as she pushed herself off the floor. "There's a bed in there right?" Audrey asked, looking at Mike. Right now wouldn't be the best time to play a joke like that. Although, she was pretty sure that Mike was nearly as tired as she was, so he probably would have a bed in the room, no matter what.
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 15, 2009 1:35:17 GMT -5
Mike stopped when she took off her heels, then they were on their way again. When she leaned against him as they went up the stairs, he wrapped an arm around her, "I don't mind." he said with a small grin, he knew she was tired, as was she. He wasn't about to let her to have to walk by herself as tired as she was.
As they reached the tapestry, she decided to sit down and rest while he summoned the door. Stretching his arms a bit, he faced the tapestry, first thinking up the phrase in his head, "i need the perfect place for me and my girl to sleep tonight, that has a bed." he paced back and forth in front of it, finally the door appeared. Mike sighed with relief. "Of course there's a bed." Mike said laughing, taking her by the hand, he pushed the door open, leading in to the same room as the night they had spent before, with the exception of, no couch where they had sat making out. Mike didn't care, he knew they probably wouldn't spend too much time making out, if any at all, anyways, there was always the bed. Walking in, he released her hand, he approached the bed, collapsing on to it. He rolled to one side, sitting up only to pull the tie from around his neck, and unbuttoned his collar shirt, pulling it off. He wished he had wore something under it, but no shirt on wasn't too bad, plus Audrey probably preferred it over an under shirt. He threw his shirt and tie on to the floor, pulled off his shoes, and then laid back down on the bed at one side, waiting for Audrey to come lay down.
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Post by Audrey Hitchcock on Feb 16, 2009 0:12:04 GMT -5
Audrey walked in and immediately realized that it was the same room as last time. She smiled at the spot where the couch used to be, but more because there was a wardrobe in it's place. The girl did NOT want to sleep in her dress or tempt fate by not sleeping in anything at all. Audrey yawned as she opened the doors to the wardrobe, but quickly stopped breathing altogether. The bureau was filled with every imaginable type of bedtime attire for both sexes, some of which Audrey could never imagine wearing for long. She grabbed a plain white undershirt and threw it in Mike's direction. Sure, she wouldn't mind him not wearing an undershirt, but he would be more comfortable with one on. For herself, Audrey grabbed a t-shirt from what she assumed to be the guy's side of the closet. It was huge.
The girl unzipped her dress and let it fall to the floor. She grabbed a hanger from the wardrobe and hung it on the outside of the doors. Finally she pulled the oversized shirt over her hair. Audrey climbed into the giant bed and kissed Mike on the cheek. "What are your plans for the holidays?" she asked casually as her hands started pulling out the diamond snowflake clips from her hair. They had conveniently avoided all conversation of the holidays thus far, but Audrey didn't want to spend the entire break away from Mike. Hopefully he would be feeling the same way. Audrey placed the clips on a table sitting beside the bed, ran her fingers through the red hairsprayed mess, and snuggled underneath the blankets, propping herself up on one elbow, as she waited waited for his answer.
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Post by Eric Blaze on Feb 16, 2009 0:27:51 GMT -5
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Post by Mike Blaze on Feb 16, 2009 0:29:12 GMT -5
Mike laid back on the pillow for a moment, closing his eyes rubbing his face with his hands. It had been a long night and he was incredibly tired. Opening his eyes, he sat up, watching her. Just then she threw him a shirt. Wow, I'm beginning to like this room, a lot he said to himself smirking. He pulled the shirt on and stretched his arms a bit. Mike watched as she unzipped the dress, letting it fall to the floor. Ugh, it was killing him, knowing he wouldn't be able to do much with her tonight. Well, at least he was gonna have that body close to him, he grinned. Dissapointed when she pulled the shirt on, he yawned. As she finally got in to bed, he turned his body, so he faced her, watching her quietly. "What are your plans for the holidays?" Mike knew this was coming up, they hadn't talked about yet, but that didn't mean he hadn't thought about it. "Well..." he began, with a mischievous smile, "I was planning on spending a good part of it up at my parent's cabin in the mountains." he said, "I'll be all alone, although, I was planning on taking you, which means I won't be totally alone, but we will." he said with a grin, raising his eyebrows at her in a what do you think of that way. Mike changed his position again, laying back flat on on the pillows, putting his arms behind his head, supporting it, with it slightly turned, facing her.
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