Moving Forward (Completed)

Chapter Nineteen

Katherine cuddled closer to Rafael, tugging the covers tighter around them as her legs intertwined with his.

"You remember when we said it was a shame we couldn't just stay like this after we got home from Atlanta and no one knew we were back yet?"

"I do." Rafael smiled.

"We were right." She breathed, snuggling her head against his chest.

The blizzard had kept them secluded in her apartment for three days. Three days with absolutely no reason to leave her bed except to eat. Though they had watched a few movies while she got a bit of grading done.

"You aren't experiencing cabin fever?" He chuckled.

"Not yet... ask me again in a couple days." She smiled.

They continued to lay in each other's arms, neither of them speaking, just enjoying being next to each other.

"I bet the snow looks pretty from your apartment." Katherine sighed.

"It usually does."

"If we lived there we could see it..."

"I do live there and there's a reason I didn't attempt to go home." Rafael chuckled.

"True..."

"Are you thinking about living with me?"

"You put the idea in my head, and I really like this." Katherine grinned, cuddling closer to him.

"I would like you to live with me." Rafael lifted her chin so she'd look at him.

"Ok."

"Ok?" His eyes widened, really not expecting her to agree to live with him so soon.

"Ok, but not yet." She smiled giving him a quick kiss before climbing out of bed and grabbing her robe.

"Wait, what?" He questioned following her out of the room, slipping his underwear on as he went.

"This summer." Katherine smiled as she set up the coffee maker.

"You want to move in with me this summer?"

"After school lets out."

"Your lease should end around then, so that practical..." Rafael nodded.

Katherine pulled out the ingredients she need to make pancakes. "My lease ends in August."

"I thought you moved to New York in June."

"I did." Katherine smiled, sifting the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together.

"Then your lease should end in May."

"The first year I signed a twelve month lease, the second I signed a fifteen month to ensure my rent wouldn't increase for a few extra months." Katherine shrugged.

"So when this summer?" Rafael smiled, moving closer to her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"I was thinking once school lets out I could start packing and moving things over..." Katherine paused mid crack on the egg she was adding to the pancake mixture.

"What?"

"I want to keep some of my furniture... I don't want to just move into your home." She still hadn't moved, her mind rethinking what she had just agreed to. His apartment was already his... filled with all of his things. It wasn't that she didn't like his furniture. She thought the design of his apartment was very tastefully done... it just felt too similar to when she had moved in with Scott... but Rafael wasn't Scott.