Hey guys!

I'll keep it short. I'm calling this sequel to That Woman; "Brave New World." It starts in this chapter a few short months after Delsin outs Augustine and the D.U.P. to the public and tells of how Cat and Delsin get to and beyond the time I wrote in the Epilogue of That Woman. Just tell me what you think guys, I want to know what you think is gonna happen with this. :P I don't want to give too much away, but some people aren't happy with this new age of peace and co-existence…

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Peace – Deeny xxx

'Delsin. Ahhh DELSIN! PUT ME DOWN HAHA!'

'Are you sure? I mean it's kinda far to the ground.'

'I said put me, hahaha down! Not drop me!'

'Wait, did you just say drop? Okay then.'

Caterina found herself lying face up but on a funny angle in a three foot deep drift of snow. Delsin had decided that halfway through their walk around the reserve; that it was a good idea to pick up his girlfriend, throw her over his shoulder, spin her around for a bit then drop her in a mound of snow.

'You are such a dick sometimes.' Caterina huffed as she tried to roll out of the snow with great difficulty. She had a huge puffy ski jacket on even though she didn't need it but at least it would stop her clothes from getting wet. It was rather constricting and difficult to move in. Caterina could have quite happily walked around in the snow wearing just jeans and a t-shirt, but knowing herself and Delsin when they got going; they would've ended up having a snowball fight or something. And if there was something that Caterina particularly hated more than anything else, then it was being soaked wet through.

Delsin reached down to the embedded, snow-bound Caterina to help her up. She grabbed hold of his hand and yanked him down in to the snow with her, Delsin landed in the snow next to her with a "flump" and started laughing.

'I guess I deserved that.'

'Damn right you did.'

'Ah shit it's cold!'

Delsin and Caterina lay giggling in the snow for a while before they decided it would be a good idea to get up and go home. They had started going out for walks together every morning after breakfast and it gave Delsin the opportunity to indulge in his new hobby of photography; when he remembered his camera, though today he had left it charging on the kitchen worktop. The two Conduits didn't exactly work for a living now, but Caterina was still selling her artwork and Delsin was now selling his; he had taken to doing his style of street art on canvas now instead of buildings and even his photographs were earning him money too. Delsin and Caterina were earning enough money to live comfortably now, doing something they both enjoyed.

The couple had already been out for about an hour and it didn't take them long to get back home. Caterina had errands to run today so she was eager to get it all done and get back home as soon as possible. She had groceries to buy, packages to send and one to pick up so that meant driving around half an hour away to the next town. It would take her that long at least what with there being bad snowy weather.

'Are you sure you don't want me to drive?' Delsin asked Cat as she was busy tugging her boots back on again. She had ditched the big puffy coat and settled for a more comfortable, lighter jacket.

'I'll be fine. The roads aren't as bad as they were the other day. Besides I was planning on doing some clothes shopping.'

'Oh I'll leave you to it then.' Delsin said as he held his hands up. He hated clothes shopping. The thought of having to linger around in women's clothes shops put him off. 'I have some photos to finish framing for some buyers anyway.'

'Okay then, I'll try not to be too long. I'll have my phone with me.' Caterina replied.

'Here I'll help you with these.' Delsin said as he slipped his shoes back on. Caterina had already stacked up the parcels and boxes she needed to post by the door. Delsin grabbed the mound of boxes and followed Cat outside to the truck where she opened up the passenger door for Delsin to get the boxes in. He shut the door then made his way round to the drivers side where Caterina had already climbed in and started the trucks engine.

'Be careful okay.' Delsin said to Cat as they gave each other a quick kiss.

'I will. Phone me if you need anything.'

'I will. See you in a bit.'

Delsin shut the drivers door and waved to Caterina before he headed back in to the house. Caterina smiled back at him then turned the volume up on the trucks radio then she put on her seatbelt. Shoving the truck in to gear, she slowly edged out on to the main road.

Caterina soon made it in to town, it took her a little longer than she thought as there were quite a few people on the road driving as carefully as they could. It was still a bit icy, but it was nothing that Caterina couldn't handle. She was in luck though as she had managed to park the truck right outside the post office, so she wouldn't have to walk all the way from the public car park carrying a ton of boxes.

'Sending these the usual way Ms. Mikkola?'

Caterina popped her head around the huge armful of packages she was carrying to find the older gentleman by the name of Jimmy behind the counter. He was the one who usually served her when she brought things in to post.

'Yes please Jimmy.' Cat replied as she pushed everything through the large sliding partition hatch on the counter. Jimmy set to work immediately on weighing every single box and package then putting the appropriate postage label on it. Caterina handed over the money she had to pay for it all.

'I have one to pick up too Jimmy?'

'Oh yes, we need a signature for it. We couldn't leave it at your home yesterday. I'll just go get it for you.'

Caterina nodded in reply. A few seconds later, Jimmy returned with a small envelope and the paper which needed to be signed. Caterina scribbled down her signature to receive the envelope.

'Is that everything for today Ms. Mikkola?'

'That's everything for now. I'll probably be back next week.'

'Okie dokie. See you soon and take care!'

'Thanks Jimmy. You too!'

Caterina left the post office and got back in the truck to drive round to the high street. She threw the envelope on the trucks dashboard. A quick stop at the butchers and the greengrocers had food for the rest of the week sorted and a sneaky trip in to a nice ladies clothing shop meant she now had a more comfortable, lightweight coat to wear in this weather and a new cosy black turtleneck sweater. But Caterina's main stop on the high street was somewhere special. This shop had only been open for a few months now but Caterina was already their best customer. When they first opened, Caterina nearly bought everything in the shop and she had Delsin hooked on most of the things she bought.

It was a British shop and Caterina loved it. Every time she came in to town she would load up on bags of British sweets, biscuits, snacks and drinks. And every week she would surprise Delsin with something new for him to try, as well as buying him some of his new favourites. Caterina also bought boxes and boxes of tea as she had got Delsin in to drinking loads of the stuff like she did. She had even bought a fairly expensive electric kettle shortly after she moved in with him as she had practically burnt the bottom out of the metal stove top kettle they used for boiling water. Delsin had soon caught on to the art of constantly drinking tea. If Caterina wasn't making a cuppa, then he usually was instead.

The rear part of the truck's cab was near full to the brim with bags of shopping. Caterina had had enough of shopping for today so she climbed back in to the trucks and started the engine; giving it a few minutes to warm up before she set off back home. During those few minutes, Cat grabbed the envelope she left on the dashboard and ripped it open, wondering why just a normal letter would have to be signed for.

Caterina read the first few lines of the letter. It was from the Conduit Right League, and for some reason the head honchos were asking to meet with her and Delsin a few weeks from now.