>*It was just so much like what happened before. I was so sure you'd want
>perfect ~Trap~* He signed the name using his hands in the shape of a bear
>trap, with his face set in a growl.
>
>Kattibrie suddenly began laughing. Kay raised an eyebrow at her and she
>signed back *~Trap~* using the same face Kay had.
>
>It wasn't long before the two of them were laughing out loud. Kattibrie
>moved into Kay's embrace loving the sound of his monotone laughter, simply
>because it meant he was happy and they were okay.

Then Kattibrie stopped laughing as she realized that soon she would be
grounded; not only grounded to the warren, but to that blasted queenrider
apartment as well. It was so bare of personality, it wasn't a home. Well,
maybe Kay could help make it one, she thought.

*Kay,* Kattibrie signed, and paused, unsure how to ask the question.

*Yes, Kitty?*

*Soon I won't be able to come up here anymore, for a while,* Kattibrie began.

*I know.*

*But, my apartment is our apartment, too. Do you think maybe, you could
help make it more our apartment?*

Kay looked at her curiously, *How do you mean?*

*Paintings, Kay, and drawings! That's what the difference is! I have none
in that drab apartment. Do you think that maybe you could decorate the
queenrider apartment with your paintings, like you did here?*

[After the funeral, back at Kay's apartment]

The silence had been unbearable at the funeral. Kattibrie and Kay, they
barely said a word to each other, though each was locked in their own
thoughts. Kattibrie, she was wishing for things to be different, that they
could have a baby. She desperately wanted to show Kay that babies could
bring more than sadness into a person's life; that sometimes everything
worked out. She wanted to prove to Kay that it would work out with their
baby, if she would have one.

But Kattibrie also knew Kay's mind was set against the idea. That was why
her trip to the med center the day prior, to honor Kay's wishes. And now
was not the time to push. She'd nearly lost him that morning, thanks to
that blasted mating flight.

Realizing she hadn't taken it yet that day, she went to the kitchen and
poured herself a dose of the amber liquid. She grimaced as she swallowed it.

*Taste bad?* Kay asked.

*No, not really,* Kattibrie answered.

*Then why the face?*

Kattibrie stood considering how to answer the question. She did not want to
lie to him, but she didn't want to hurt him either.

*Well?* Kay signed when she hadn't answered.

Kattibrie moved toward Kay, and after kissing him softly explained
carefully. *Kay, I take this for you, not for me. You mean that much to me.*




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