Katja Pt. 09

Erik nodded, "Ok, we won't worry about that for a bit then. Relax, have a good time and then we'll see about getting everything here."

Helen sighed, "That's if I can find a job."

Erik shook his head, "I told you, don't worry about it. You'll find something and come Monday, I can call people I know to see about some interviews. I can't do that on the weekend, they wouldn't be around. Sis, believe me, that's minor."

Helen looked at him, then said, "You know, Katja told me yesterday, that I didn't know you anymore. That I would have learn about you. I think she was right."

Erik grinned, "She normally is, that's just one more of the thousands of reasons why I love her so much."

Helen smiled, "That's something else I can't get over. I've never seen two people in love like you and her are. It's like some kind of fairytale."

Erik smiled, "You don't know the half of it. This really isn't the time to go into all the changes I've gone through before and after meeting her. I'll tell you soon when the times right. That's also something I've learn and why I think the way I do now. Everything has a time when it should be done."

He smiled again and pulled her to him to hug her. " Relax, enjoy yourself and get your head and spirit back together first."

Then he got serious, "Until you do that, nothing else will happen and you won't move on. Just trust me on this sis, the Goddess will help you when it's time."

Helen looked at him, "That's the second time you've mentioned a Goddess, what do you mean?"

Erik smiled and stroked her hair, "Just what it sounds like. I'm a Pagan, I believe in a Goddess."

He smiled again, "Another story that needs to be told in the proper time. As Katja told you, there's a lot you need to learn. And there's no sense in dumping everything out at once."

He kissed her and said, "I love you sis, just let me do, what I need to when I need to do it and trust me."

Ariel and Katja had just walked in and Ariel being Ariel, said, "Hey, I'm your sister to, don't I get a hug and kiss also?" Then she pouted.

Erik laughed and jumped up and hugged her, then he kissed her cheek, her forehead and then the other cheek saying I love you after each one. "There, all happy now?"

Helen was a bit shocked, then she saw Katja laughing also.

Then Erik put his arm around Katja, and pulled her to him. "And so my mate doesn't get jealous." As Helen watched, he took her in his arms and kissed her deeply until she molded herself to him, her tail swishing back and forth.

Then Erik broke the kiss and asked, "Okay now my mate?"

Katja snuggled up to him and said, "Yes, for now." She purred. "But we better leave before I claw your clothes off and have my way with you right here." She kissed him grinning, "I don't have time right now to do it properly."

Ariel grinned and started to say something, but Katja, said "No! Now repeat after me, Dress yes. Mate no."

Ariel pouted again and then all three of them where laughing. Helen watch all this in amazement, still not believing how they all acted around each other. She had never seen a group of people that was so accepting and loving, they just were so comfortable around each other to joke around like they did.

Erik walked them to the front door and he handed his keys to Helen, who kissed him saying "Thank you Erik." Then she watched as Ariel kissed his cheek walking outside and then Katja kissed him and hugged him. Then Helen watched as she kissed his ear and whispered something to him. Erik grinned and did the same thing making Katja laugh as she stroked his face before coming outside to join them.

Katja sat in the front with Helen to give her directions, as Ariel lounged in the back. Then Katja said to Helen, "You're just going to love this shop. The owner Andre, is so nice. All of the females off the ship shop here, we really like the human fashions. But we used to have to modify them to fit us right along with a tail hole. Andre saw this, and asked one of our people to bring one to him, then he started to make the modifications himself, that way we could get them premade. Since then, everyone goes there, he's even started to sell some things for the males."

Then Ariel said from the back. "And he always gives Katja and me discounts when we go there, I don't know why, but he does."

Katja looked back and said, "You need to thank Erik for that."

Helen looked at her and said, "Erik? Why him?"

Katja smiled, "It all started the first time we went there. He helped me pick out some clothes, we weren't joking yesterday, he really is wonderful on picking out the perfect clothes. He had just finished helping me, when one of our young females, Petra, asked him to help her pick out something for her first date. Since she was going to be with a young male that Erik had sort of, taken under his wing I think you call it, he helped her. Then when she went to pay for them, she didn't have enough to pay for it. She was so embarrassed. So, Erik told the owner to put her bill with ours and he'd take care of it. Then he turned to her and told it was a first date gift and to have fun with her date, Leone."

"The owner was so touched by Erik's kindness to the girl, that he gave us a discount. He's been doing it ever since because Erik tells the people he teaches about humans and earth about the place. Andres business really took off after Erik started doing that."

Helen shook her head once again as she heard another story about her brother.

Katja looked at her and said, "Still having a hard time digesting all that he's become?"

Helen looked over to her, then nodded. "Yes, it just amazes me constantly. Don't get me wrong, he has always been a nice person, sticking up for people when they needed it, that kind of thing." But not to the extend I'm hearing and seeing now."

Katja nodded, "I can understand that Helen, I think the biggest problem is how long you two were away from each other. If you see the progression on a daily basis, it's not so obvious. But you're seeing it all in one big bunch at one time. That's enough to confuse anyone."

Then Katja said, "My Mate is the finest person I have ever met, bar none. I'm not saying this because he's my mate and I love him more than life itself. He just is and he amazes me every day just how far he'd go to help someone."

Then she laughed, "However, he despises being honored for, "Just doing what is right."

Ariel laughed from the backseat, "Your right Katja, remember how he got when the Captain gave him the medal and promotion for saving Niki's life? He was so upset."

Helen quickly looked back saying "What??"

Katja grinned, "That's a story for another time I think. It would take too long to explain it."

Then she said, "There's the shop, just park in the place over to the right were all the rest of the cars are."

Helen parked the car and they headed to the shop. They walked in and she saw that there was a lot of Katja's people already there. She remarked on this and Katja said, "Yes, like I said, it's popular with our people. We have a shuttle bus that takes them back and forth to the town. None of us drive yet, so we spend most of our off time here in town. They also started another one to take us other places on the weekends, once Erik recommended it, to help us assimilate into the society and culture."

The owner Andre smiled when he saw Katja and Ariel, He came over to them, "Miss Katja and Ariel, how nice to see you again." Then he asked, "Who's your friend?"

Katja smiled, "Good morning Andre, it's nice to see you also. This is Helen, she's Erik's sister."

Andre smiled, "His sister? How wonderful. It is a pleasure to meet you Helen."

Then he asked, "Can I help you find anything?"

Katja smiled, "I'm not sure yet, I'm looking for a new dress, but Helen here needs four or so outfits to hold her over until the rest of her things get here."

Then Ariel grinned, "I'm just here because I want to shop."

Andre laughed, Ariel was one of the most free-spirited people he ever met. "Well, I'll be up front if you need anything, we do have some new things in. You know where that section is."

So, for the next hour or so, they shopped. Ariel got some new jeans and Katja picked out a new dress for when Erik and her went on "Date Night."

Helen, with the girls help, picked out some nice dresses and jeans, then some blouses to go with them. She was still a little hesitant a first, but Katja convinced her to pick what would make her look nice and last. Katja said to her, "Helen, I was the same way when I first came here. But Erik told me it was silly not to get something you needed, and if you buy cheap stuff, it doesn't last and you end up having to buy it again, then you spend more than you would, if just brought the better things first."

Helen saw the sense in that, so she more or less stopped just looking for price. Then Katja and Ariel said she needed another dress. One that would make the males notice her when she went out or on a date.

Helen looked at them, "I don't know about that. I'm not sure I'm ready for dating yet."

Katja nodded, "I can understand that, you've been through a lot. But you will one day, maybe even sooner than you think. So, it's better to be prepared beforehand."

Helen smiled, "More of Erik's advice?"

Katja and Ariel both grinned. Then Ariel said, "No, that's just solid female common sense, so you can make the males act the way you want them to."

Helen started to laugh and nodded her understanding.

They tried on all the clothes they had picked out and Katja introduced her to some of her friends they came across. Then Katja and Helen were waiting on Ariel, she had decided the jeans she first chosen didn't make her butt look like she wanted.

Then Helen asked Katja, "Would you mind if I asked you a question?"

Katja smiled, "Of course not, go ahead."

Helen wavered a bit, then asked, "Ah, this morning when the three of you were talking to each other and the other things, is that something that goes on all the time? I mean, didn't it bother you when Erik kissed Ariel and told her he loved her? I'm probably not asking or saying this right.'

Katja looked at her a little confused at first, then she remembered a conversation she had with Erik about human females.

She smiled, "Yes, more or less. I wouldn't get mad just because they were playing, we don't get jealous or upset when friends do this. I know, without a doubt, that Erik would never do anything to hurt me, we are mated for life."

Katja grinned, "Ariel loves to play and she always does with Erik because she knows, he knows she is only playing. And he does love her as much as I do. What you have to understand is that we think nothing of playing and enjoying ourselves as long as we're not Mated. Erik told me once when I explained all this to him, that human females would get jealous if it was their male that did this, even if they weren't mated and just playmates."

Then she laughed, "Ariel wanted me to share Erik with her before we were mated because he was so nice and she was attracted to him. If we were not mated, I would have thought nothing of this, it's just a simple act of pleasure after all. But I knew Erik was to be my mate, I could sense it and so could he. So, I told her no, I'd let her borrow my dress, but not my mate."

Katja grinned, "So now, she'll ask playing with us and I always tell her what I said this morning."

"I've only gotten mad once with her, but that was because I was going into heat and really wasn't thinking right. But otherwise it's just playing, we are much like our ancestors and our ancestors were feline. Felines like to play, though I think Ariel does have an overabundance of this trait, she always had as long as I've known her. Erik said Tony was the same way and he introduced them. They belong together, but they haven't been Mated yet, it's not the right time."

Helen looked at her and was slightly amazed at the explanations. "And your males don't get upset if you "shared" them?"

Katja shook her head no, "That's the female's decision, we control that aspect if we're not Mated." And If we were Mated, it would never come up."

Then she said, "Now, don't get me wrong, it wouldn't just be done without the male's approval. He might not be compatible with the other female and say no. Then we would just go on like it was never asked. With us, sex is just playing and enjoying ourselves unless we're Mated. Erik has told me that it's not like that with humans."

Katja took Helens hand, "As I said, when we mate, we mate for life. We know and sense when we've found our Mate so this makes it easier for us. We are joined, body, mind and soul when we mate. That was why I said to you yesterday, that I knew what happened you, but could not understand it. For something to happen like that is totally alien to us."

Helen nodded her understanding, "I wish it was that easy for us, then maybe I wouldn't have got into that situation."

Katja smiled and said, "It can be, maybe you just didn't listen hard enough to yourself. Erik knew we were supposed to be Mates, so maybe, when the right one comes along, you will to. Just try to listen harder and sense it."

Just then Ariel came out with two pairs of jeans over her arm. She smiled and said, "Finally, these make my butt look good. Now let's go to the salon, I'm really in the mood to be pampered."

Katja laughed, "Doesn't Tony pamper you enough?"

Ariel smiled, "Of course he does, isn't that part of his job? But he can't cut and style hair, or do my claws how I like." Then she giggled, "I think you need your claws dressed a little also Katja. I saw what you did to Erik's back last time."

Katja laughed, "That was totally his fault. It's not my fault what his tongue does to me."

Helen looked at them and how easy they discussed something like this. She decided she had much to learn yet.

They walked to the salon after dropping everything off at the car. When they walked in, one of the stylists smiled and he came over and kissed Ariel's hand. "Miss Ariel, how nice it is to see you again. What can we do for you today?"

Ariel smiled, "It's nice to see you also Claude, I need to get this mop straighten out and a manicure."

Claude smiled, he loved taking care of her. "I will try, but how do you fix perfection?"

Ariel patted his face and turned to the others, "Isn't he so nice?"

Katja and Helen laughed, then Katja said, "I need to get basically the same thing Claude, maybe a little different style."

Claude smiled at Katja, she had to be one of the most beautiful women he had ever seen. "As you wish Miss Katja, maybe shorten it a little, we'll talk about it. And what can we do for your friend?"

Ariel smiled, "This is Erik's sister Helen. She needs the works, to make her more beautiful and to make the males of her choice drool."

Claude smiled again, "Certainly, that will be easy, she already has enough, but we will shall make it more. Then they will all bow down and kiss your feet."

Helen smiled shyly and Ariel laughed, "I've never enjoyed having my feet kissed all that much. There's more interesting parts males should be kissing."

Helen blushed and Claude laughed, "You are right of course. Do not worry, we will take care of it, and then you can decide what they kiss."

Claude was part owner of the salon, and like the owner of the clothes shop, he wasn't stupid either. He had a couple of his employees learn how the Lyonness like things done and how to do their manicures. So just like the clothes shop, he got most of their business.

He turned the three of them over to others to start. They did the manicures and washed their hair before they started on their styling. He took care of Ariel first, because she would be the quickest. As he worked on her, Ariel explained a little bit about Helen, "Claude, she's been through hell and she needs her confidence back, she needs to feel beautiful again,"

Claude nodded, "Yes, I could see something was the matter. I could never understand how some men could treat women like that. Do not worry, she will be a whole new woman when I get done with her."

Once Ariel was done, he had one of the others take care of Katja and he seated Helen. He took her chin lightly, then moved her face back and forth. Then he said to her, "Is this how you normally wear your hair?"

Helen nodded, she had only been able to afford one the chain places so she knew it wasn't all that good.

Claude looked again, "I think we will shorten it up, there is no sense in hiding such a beautiful face. And some highlights would make it even better. Just like a beautiful painting, the frame draws your eyes to the beauty of the art. They will first see your hair and it will draw them in to see how beautiful you are."

Helen was a bit unsure about all this, but Claude said to her, "Trust me my dear, if you are sick, you go to a doctor. If your car doesn't run right, you take it to a mechanic. When you want everyone to see how beautiful you are, you come to Claude."

Helen finally nodded and Claude smiled calling to one of the girls to take her and apply the highlights before he cut it. He got her back in the chair and started on her, after about twenty minutes or so, he looked at everything over and snipped a little bit here than there, then said, "Done."

He turned her chair around to face the mirror so she could see the results. Helen gasped, as she saw herself. She was beautiful, her hair framed her face and there were small highlights throughout her hair that made it seem to sparkle. She couldn't believe what she looked like. She got tears in her eyes and Claude handed her a tissue and said, "No crying, red eyes don't look good. Just smile." He took off the clothe he had but on her and took her hand to help her stand.

She stood there for a moment then hugged Claude. "Thank you so much."

Ariel and Katja smiled at her. Then Katja said, "Now, you look like you should. Your beautiful Helen."

Ariel grinned, "Yes, you are. Now you can get the males to kiss whatever part that's most fun."

Helen smiled at both of them, then hugged them both. "Thank you both."

Then Ariel said grinning, "C'mon, let's get lunch and see how well all this works."

They went over the café and saw Suzi. They waved to her and she smiled as she came over, "Katja, Ariel, how are you? I haven't seen you in while." Then she looked at the girl with them and asked, "Who's your friend? She asked smiling.

Katja smiled herself and said, "Oh, this is Erik's sister Helen. Helen this is Suzi she's a friend and girlfriend of one of our crewmen named Niki."

Suzi smiled, "I didn't know he had one. It's a pleasure to meet you Helen. C'mon, I'll get you a table."

They sat down, and after a few minutes, Suzi brought their drinks back. They ordered and then the three of them talked. It seemed that every male that came near them smiled and did a double take as they saw the two gorgeous Lyonness girls and equally beautiful human.

Their food came and Suzi talked a little more before she had to go to another table. After they finished they talked a little more than decided they should head home to help set up for dinner.

They got home and walked into the house with the bags. Erik had just come out of the kitchen and came to a screeching halt as he looked at the three of them. Katja had shortened her hair a bit and she looked fantastic as did Ariel. Helen however stunned him with her transformation.

He looked at her and said, "You look beautiful Sis. You look gorgeous in short hair like that."

Helen smiled and came up to him, then hugged his arm and kissed his cheek saying, "Thank you Erik." The she looked at Ariel and Katja saying, "Isn't he just the sweetest brother ever?"

Ariel smiled and came up to the other side, then did the same to him and said, "Yes he is."