Rebel Without a Cause

Christy stirred as she felt Felix get up out of the bed. She yawned and stretched out reaching for the nearest set of clothes she could find. She rubbed her eyes and looked at the time. It was still fairly early in the morning and despite her lack of sleep she actually felt fairly relaxed.

She got up out of bed and found her pajamas from the night before still rumpled up on the floor. She forwent those and found a dark blue sundress and quickly threw it on and walked out into the living room running a hair brush in her hair. She knew she would have to actually do something more to it if she was going to leave the apartment today but for now it would do since it wasn't in fifty million places.

She looked at Felix as she made her way into the kitchen and proceeded to make some coffee. "Morning." she said yawning. It didn't take her long and she had the coffee pot going, the smell of coffee permeating the air.

Felix looked Christy up and down as she came out of the bedroom, running a brush through her hair. He grinned at the blue dress she had put on, and continued to sip his water. "Well good morning beautiful." he said with a grin, leaning his head back, feeling his hair brush his shoulders behind him. He scowled and reached up, touching his hair with a grumble. "You know I'm thinking it'd be a good idea if you saw me without this mop." he said, bringing the hair around so he could see it.

"I could easily put it back with a spell I suppose... but if I'm going to keep my promise, it's best you know what I look like later on.. who knows what i'll look like next time I see you." He said and held up his wand, frowning at it. "Plus it'd be nice to not have to worry about this mess for a little while." He glanced her over and then grinned.

"Besides.. I'm much more handsome without it." He tapped his head lightly with his wand, and his hair suddenly shot back into his skull, shortening to a slightly spiky shortness. His beard disappeared entirely and left a strong clean jaw under it. After waiting a moment, Felix rubbed his hair roughly and grinned, feeling his jaw. "I have to say.. it's much more comfortable looking like my old self." He said with a grin, glancing towards her to see how she felt about it.

She smiled seeing him grin. It actually seemed like a genuine smile for once. He seemed a bit more playful and light hearted than he had the night before. It might be a good idea. If I run into you I'll know what you will possibly look like."

She started pouring herself a cup of coffee as he took the wand and pointed it to his head causing the mass of hair to disappear along with the beard. She turned around, "Do you want a cup of..." she stopped her sentence dead in its tracks. She could see that she was right about his strong square jaw underneath that unruly beard.

Christy looked slightly dumbfounded for a moment. He was postively gorgeous without all that added hair. She know understood why he would hide that face. It was fairly memorable. "Its much better looking without all that hair." she finally said snapping out of her stupor somewhat. She reached her hand up and brushed his jaw to make sure he was actually real and it wasn't her imagination playing tricks on her. She actually wondered why she had never noticed him when she was at Hogwarts.

"So uh..would you like some coffee?" she asked as she started to put some cream and sugar in hers. Come on Christy. she thought to herself. Its a little late to act dumbfounded...you already slept with the man.

Felix let out a laugh at the look on her face. She was absolutely shocked to see just what he looked like. His laugh was a real one, it came out like a bark almost, from his stomach and bubbled out in true happiness, as though he didn't often laugh, but when he did it was a true happy one. He closed his eyes as she touched his jaw and smirked, rubbing his chin against her hand before she pulled it away.

She offered him coffee, and he shook his head, holding up his cup of water. "Rather not, it's been years since I've drank coffee.. let's just say it's hard to get a cup when you live in a cave." He grinned at her and set his cup down on the counter behind him. Pushing himself away from the counter he moved towards her and carefully wrapped his arms around her waist, ignoring the cup of coffee in her hand, he gently rested his lips against her jawline.

"Do you like the way I look better now? Maybe I should have done this last night..." He whispered as his lips gently found her ear and nibbled on it slightly. It was obvious that he didn't treat this as a one-night stand. He was affectionate and happy this morning, as though he finally felt comfortable around her. He seemed to be almost giddy this morning as he kissed along her ear and down to her neck.

Christy blushed as he started laughing at her. See what you did. she thought to herself. You looked so in shock that he's actually laughing at you! At least...at least its a happy laugh. Look at him...he looks so happy and almost carefree. She smiled up at him.

Subconsciously, Christy pressed herself up against him. She was careful to put her cup of coffee down or risk spilling it. And lets face it, hot coffee was not a good way to get the morning started. She was blushing a little less, the effect his laugh had on her wearing off. "I imagine firewhiskey is hard to come by too." she said remembering how much he had drank in the bar the night before.

She bit her lip and giggled as he kissed and nibbled on her ear and down to her neck. "Maybe you should have. At least you wouldn't of had a scratchy face." she replied picking at him playfully. His playfulness was definitely rubbing off on Christy and she wasn't even a morning person on most normal occasions. "Are you hungry?" she asked curiously, still biting on her lip.

Felix smirked as her body reacted to him, and he ran his smooth jaw against her neck, before letting his lips find a sensitive spot on her neck, gently licking and kissing it. "Mmm." He mumbled, running his hands down her back to her bum, grinning as he pulled her closer to him. "Firewhiskey was very hard to come by... but I got that more then coffee if you'd believe it. People give money to beggers all the time, and it's always nice to splurge on a drink when you can get it."

Felix nibbled across her shoulder to her neck and up to her jaw, his words lightly and airy across her skin, he let the vibrations of her voice tell him what she was saying, and he slowly leaned back, looking her in the eyes with a grin. "I'm all for something to eat, not necessarily breakfast." He said playfully, his eyes sparkling with amusement as he leaned down to kiss her, hard on the lips.

Her breath caught in her throat and she let out a soft moan as he kissed and licked her neck. She could hear what he was saying but at the same time some of it didn't really register. "You..don't strike me..as the one to beg." she gasped out.

She looked at him as she ran her fingers through his now short hair as he smiled. She laughed a little as his lips crashed into hers. She didn't need to know what he meant by what he had said as he kissed her. She found herself pulling at his short hair kissing him back.

"You're insatiable aren't you?" she asked him, her lips still touching his.

"I don't in normal situations.. but when I can get something... I'm not above letting my ego slip." He said lightly, grinning at her reactions to his touches. She was as hungry as him, and he could tell she was enjoying his affections. When her hands moved to his hair, he couldn't stop grinning as he kissed her. She hadn't been touched, or kissed like this in a long time he imagined. And never by a man like Felix Barker. A man who could easily get her killed. Not necessarily by his own hand, but by labeling her as an accomplice.

He laughed lightly as she whispered against his lips and he moved forward, pushing her slightly to help her bump up against the wall, his hands still down around her bum as he looked down at her, grinning. "It's been years since I've been in the presence of a woman so breath-takingly beautiful." He said with a grin, letting his lips trail down her neck as he spoke. "Nor as interesting, and wise." He smirked and let his hands move up her back, going up under her shirt as he spoke. "Not every woman would look at a man like me, and still be willing to talk to me, let alone spend the night with me." He whispered against her neck, moving back to look up at her. "Would you care to go again?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and grinning.

Christy grinned. Now he was feeding her ego. He was telling her how beautiful and wise and interesting she was. She blushed. Was she actually enjoying this? No one actually told her the last two though she knew it to be true.

She could honestly say she had never been with a man quite like Felix. He was cold one minute and hot the next. She had to admit that she found it very intriguing and sexy. The fact he had a dangerous past made him even hotter to her. But she was also attracted to his mind and not just what he was in front of her offering...or the fact that he could get her killed.

"Oh come on you aren't that hard on the eyes." she said playfully, smiling a little bit. His breath on her neck tickled her a little and she let out a giggle, unable to contain it. Her face turned slightly red as he raised his eyebrow at her and she looked down smiling before looking up at him through her heavily lidded eyelashes.

"What do you think?" she asked smirking as she grabbed hold of his face and kissed him on the lips, kissing and nibbling her way to his neck.

A few hours later...



Felix plopped down on the couch with a happy grin. He had showered and dressed, and was fully dressed. As much as he hated to admit it, he had to leave soon. He worried about getting Christy in trouble, especially after the night they had had.. and the morning. He was kinda hungry, but he figured he could stop by somewhere and get something really fast. He still had a bit of money left from his last pick-pocketing and begging trip he had taken.

Yawning, Felix sat up on the couch and looked around the room. He would actually miss this place a bit. He was just starting to like it, just like he was just starting to like the woman who lived there. Felix stood up and went into the kitchen, calling to Christy as he did. "I should probably head out here soon... don't wanna get you in more trouble then I have..." He said lightly as he poured himself another glass of water and leaned against the counter.