Kate's Bedroom

[Kate]

Barnett shook out his wet shady blond hair, taking a step back and looking at his bare chest--trying to determine if he was ready to make an appearance down stairs. He leaned forward staring at himself in the full length mirror.

His cat mewed lazily on the bed, telling him--as his wolf was telling him to get his butt moving. He shook out his hair again before grabbing a comb and brushing out his hair. He was slightly indecisive...heh...perfectist as well. He rolled his shoulders slightly, turning to the side and flexing his muscles.

He plucked his lips slightly before blowing himself a kiss. He was ready. He didn't even have to wear a shirt. He wasn't planning on wearing a shirt anyway...too lazy. It was rare enough to have him wearing sweat pants. But, he figured since it was the full moon he was allowed too.

The fighter carelessly flipped his shady blond hair out of his face. Feeling slightly compelled to take Moonshine along with. The wolf glanced back at the cat, whistling slightly. The rather lazy black cat's ears twitched slightly as it looked up at Kate. "Time for eats," he grinned slightly.

The cat bounced off the bed, stretching out before following the shirtless wolf out towards the kitchen.

Continued in: The Kitchen

[Kate]

He quite enjoyed just laying in bed and allowing the world just pass him by. He tauntingly moved his hand for Moonshine to follow with a very cat like curiosity. The black cat wiggled its back end in the air before pouncing on his hand. Kate took great pleasure in sliding his hand out of her way and allowing his prized companion to slam right into the bed.

He silently thanked everything above that he was an older pack member. He absolutely loathed the basement. It took him a good talking to before he went down to watch the pups for the night. Which reminded him, Dimitri and Kennedy were watching those crazy young things. Kate allowed his arms to give out under him and fell onto the bed.

Moonshine took the opprunity to exact her revenge and hop on his chest with a loud mew. A quick breath of air escaped his lips and he ran his hand down the cat's soft coat with a pleased look on his face. "Spoiled ass," he looked at the cat just as her nose bumped his chin, letting out an affectionate purr. He would get up...probably to watch some television and fall asleep on the couch. But right now...Moonshine wouldn't allow him to.

[Kate]

He stretched out along side his prized companion who was very much asleep. It was time to escape while she was distracted by dreams of...whatever the hell cats dream about. He hopped off the bed, using the speed inherited by the wolf and bolted straight for the door. Moonshine was not going to be happy to wake up and find the wolf gone. But at least he got to get outta the damn room.

Continued in: The Hallway

[Kate]

Continued from: The Kitchen

Saying he was "dog" tired would be somewhat of an understatement. The hotel was always bursting with energy during the full moon cycle. It was easy to get lost in the whirlwind and have your energy drained out of you and put back in you faster then...something the humans had created over the years. Kate never kept track. He didn't need to, because it didn't concern him. He was just another fighter in Cole's pack.

Kate glared at Moonshine who glared right back at him. He swore he saw her little kitty eyebrow raise as she looked up at the old fighter. "Don't gimme that look, suga'. I needed to have a break from all the attention." Kate pulled his shirt over his head, being once again attracted by his reflection in the mirror hanging on his wall.

Kate gave himself a wink, blowing his reflection a kiss before plopping down on his bed allowing Moonshine to curl herself up against his chest. Absent-mindedly, he rubbed behind his little mistress' ears. Yeah...definately falling asleep now.

[Jess]

Jess pushed the door open slowly, sticking her head though the gap she had created. After a few moments, she pushed it further open, moving fully inside. Something had happened in the hotel tonight, something other than the normal activities that happened during the full moon. Jess however, being Jess, hadn’t noticed until whatever it was had finished.

Wandering though the lobby, she had been struck with the lingering smell of blood. Instantly she had known it was too much for a cut or some other minor injury, the stench too powerful for something as innocent as that. However, nobody seemed to be panicking so that meant nothing like invasion. Fear and uncertainty make her stomach ache slightly and so she went to find the one person who could make that go away.

Kate seemed to be sleeping however as she moved closer, the fighter curled up with his cat, a rather adorable image.

[Kate]

Luckily for Jess's sake, the fighter hadn't stepped fully into dreamland. Otherwise the older wolf would be lost to the world. Kate's nose twitched in his sleep before opening his eyes and yawning as he looked over to Jess.

"Hey there...g'mornin'." Kate gave the other wolf a sleepy grin before propping himself up with his arm. Moonshine let out a short growl. Jess' appearance always made the wolf either talk or abandon her. He ran his hand through his hair before sitting fully up.

[Jess]

“Still evening Kate,” Jess replied, her voice soft as always. She looked over at Moonshine, never able to understand what the cat seemed to have against her. As far as she could recall, she had never done anything mean to Moonshine… and she was sort of sure that she hadn’t stepped on her or done something while dreaming.

Jess smiled softly back, shifting from foot to foot for a moment. “Did something happen in the lobby?” she asked carefully, bending down and slowly offering her finger for Moonshine to sniff. Offering a truce of some kind.

[Kate]

Kate's heart reeled slightly at the sound of Jess's voice. Oh...he wasn't known to be a "love-struck" for nothing. The older fighter was completely taken with the younger wolf. Even though he never said anything about it. The feeling was there. It was the reason why he was the one who showed up when she was attacked by vampires.

"Marion's little buddy got mugged...Nate took him to the hospital though. So no need to worry, darlin'." Kate sat up, patting the empty spot next to him. Moonshine glared at the other wolf's hand, giving her the 'Are you kidding me?' look that Kate knew quite well. He was getting ready to pull the cat away if she tried to claw at Jess.

[Jess]

It always seemed unbelievable to those that didn’t know them, that Jess honestly wasn’t aware of Kate’s feelings towards her. She was oblivious to it though, thinking Kate counted her as a friend but nothing more. Her own feelings towards the fighter were less easy to read, Jess simply looking bewildered whenever questioned on the subject as if she had never thought about it before. The truth was, she had but never admitted, even to herself how deep the feelings ran.

“I wish I knew what I’d done to your cat,” Jess told him, pulling her hand away reluctantly. She made – as she always made when Moonshine glared at her – a mental note to buy some cat treats in an effort to make peace with the little black thing. Of course, she always forgot and if cats could read minds it would explain a lot. She sat down in the space next to Kate, smiling in her absent fashion.

[Kate]

Kate never allowed his mind to linger on the absence of admitting his feelings for Jess. He'd gone so long knowing the other wolf that he figured that the moment would come when the moment presented itself. Opportunist. Yes...that is what Kate was. An opportunist. Despite the fact that he felt that the moment had already come and gone about fifty times.

"She's just being huffy." Kate gave the younger wolf a brief grin before lifting Moonshine up and scooting her off the bed. The black cat was always liable to sponteaously pounce on the other wolf. He sat up, giving Jess an affectionate, totally-friends sort of hug that she should be used to by now.

"What has you gracin' my room on this fine evenin'?" He gave a short laugh, purely in joking fashion. He knew how difficult it was to stay in one's room during the full moon. He liked the peace though. But enjoyed the present company.

[Jess]

She hugged Kate back, always happy to have the physical contact with him. And the male fighter seemed to really like hugging her so it worked for both of them and very well too. Jess settled herself more comfortably on the bed, almost leaning against Kate as she did.

“I was downstairs and I smelt the blood,” she explained, breathing deeply as she did. Just the scent of Kate was normally enough to calm her in the rare cases she needed to be calm. His smell was also good for keeping her grounded enough in the hear and now, so that she could remember where she was and what was going on. “But there was nobody to ask, so I came to see you. Because you always know what is going on. And you make everything better.” The last sentence was spoken with true certainty, Jess knowing that fact above everything else in her life.

[Kate]

Kate's wolf became on edge at that. Pacing quietly in the back of the fighter's mind. Like it always did when Jess was around. If the Brody excitment wasn't enough to get the wolf on edge and hyper; Jessica would surely succeed in that venture. And she did. The need of sleep leaving the fighter...drat.

"I wouldn't say I know everything that goes around in...I just have my spy network floating about." He flashed a dazzling smile as Moonshine hopped on to the foot of the bed, "stalking" her prey. Which was Kate's bare foot.

[Jess]

Jess and her wolf had always fit almost perfectly together, the beast also a dreamer and laid back, even during the first hundred or so years of her life, when it had raged against her and the world. The wolf had never really bellowed and fought for long, preferring to curl up and sleep instead. To dream its own wolf dreams of forests and running free.

“Fine, you know almost everything. Spies everywhere,” Jess amended, eyes tracking past him slightly to watch the little black cat as it wiggled slightly, tensing and stalking her prey. “Big brave hunter…” she murmured quietly, a soft smile on her face.

[Kate]

The blond wolf moved his foot out of the way to tease his kitty. Which only earned him a low growl and a harsh glare. The fighter chuckled softly before moving his foot again. Moonshine pounced and Kate moved out of the way before reaching down and scooping up to mighty huntress.

"Almost everything sounds a bit better." Kate grinned, running his hand down Moonshine's back and earning himself a vibrating purr. His wolf paced around in the back on his mind, keeping an eye and ear out now. Whenever Jess was around it always seemed to do that. Ready to attack and protect the dreamer if need be.

Everyone in the pack knew that around Jess...Kate would attack someone who did anything to her. Everyone, with eyes...knew of his little crush. Everyone...expect Jess, that is. Which Kate didn't mind at all. See him not minding. At all.

Okay...so he minded a little bit.

[Jess]

Even if Jess had known of Kate’s feelings or somehow became aware of them, it was unlikely she would have acted on them. That would have meant thinking about her own feelings and she had never been any good at looking at herself, delving deep into her own personal psyche. She had never been any good at understanding her own thoughts of feelings.

It was one of the reasons she was so content to stay in her dreamer mindset. Nothing could hurt when nothing mattered after all.

She smiled as Kate cuddled Moonshine. It always amused her to see the large fighter act so gentle and soft. Jess knew that at heart he was a softie, but to a casual look it would have been deceptive. “You know almost everything about almost anything,” she agreed with a small smile.