A very shocking evening

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((Tasha and Ha'Ruil after the St. Patrick's Day party. Might be a cuss word here or there.))

Tasha fumbled with her key, but got it in the hole. She unlocked the door and pushed it open. Leviathan had gone outside and would probably stay out all night. So they would be able to close the door once inside. "It was nice of you to keep me company at the party tonight Ha'Ruil. You didn't have to, but thank you." She stepped in and off to the side to let him in before she pushed the door closed behind them. She motioned towards a chair for him to have a seat while she moved to the other chair to sit down as well.

He just smiles as he walks into the room and looks around.

"No it is fine I had fun tonight."

With that he walks over to the chair and sits down.

"And you are very welcome."

She smiled as she slid her feet from her shoes and curled her legs up beside her in the chair. She pulled a small afghan off the back of the chair and laid it over her legs to remain decent. "I am sure I bored you half to death." She laughed. It wasn't the laugh he had been hearing from her up to this point. This laugh held a whimsical quality to it that told of it's sincerity. "Tell me, why is it that you are so nice to me? You barely know me. I could be some raving bitch, or a serial killer or something. Most people won't come up to the room of someone they barely know. And most who do, wouldn't let themselves be behind closed doors." She adjusted the blanket to let her feet out, but kept the rest of her lower body covered.

He chuckled a little bit.

"Actually no, you did not bore me half to death. I actually found it quite entertaining. I mean, I do not do parties all that often since I mostly live in the forest, so it was a nice change of pace."

He looked at her for a second before looking up, He looked back as he was finally done thinking about her question.

"Why would anyone not be nice to you? First of all, from what I have seen of you, you could not be a raving bitch, serial killer or what not. I might be a little bit more trusting than others. And besides, if things turn out bad, I think I can handle myself pretty good."

"Oh I am sure you could." She reached over to the table and picked up a hair tie. She pulled her hair up into a ponytail and put the hair tie in it, then she took out her hoop earrings. "So, did you get your gift?" She had to ask, it was something she had not mentioned all evening.

He eyes widened a little bit.

"Ah, it was from you then. I did not know that. I did not want to open it until I found out who it was from."

With that he put his hand into his pocket and pulled out the little box and put it on the table. And with that he slowly opened up the box.

She smiled as he opened the box. She was a touch nervous though.

His eyes widen again as he looked into the item inside. He took the leather strap by the end and slowly pulled it up letting the item dangle in front of him.

"Its wonderful."

That is all he could say when he saw the pendent.

"Thank you very much. It is a very lovely and beautiful gift."

With that he took both hands to open up the strap bigger as he put it around his neck to let the pendant hang in front of his chest.


She smiled at him. "I am glad you like it. I used the stones you gave me. I also made myself a pendant and a pair of earrings." She smiled again. "If you will excuse me a moment please." She got up from the chair and headed for the bathroom. She got inside and closed the door. She was in there for a few minutes. What she was doing in there no one would know. But before she came back out, she brushed her teeth and used mouth wash. She returned to the seat and covered back up again. "So, what kind of things do you do for fun in the forest?"

"Yes I do very much so."

He nodded as she left and went into the bathroom. He just looked around, it was kind of cozy. He saw her come back and just nodded at her. He was still feeling the effects of the alcohol. He just chuckled at her question.

"What I do for fun in the forest? Well now, that is a tough question. Well lets see......Well, like I said before, I like going to places that I have not gone to. And if there are any new animals that I have not seen, I like to talk to them and then change into them to see how they live their lives. There is great knowledge out there and I just like to learn from it."

Tasha wrapped her arms around her stomach and nodded as she listened. "My time in the forest is limited to when I hunt, usually. I don't usually go just to be there. Maybe, someday, I will go for a walk and see what there is to see along the way, or maybe a ride. I fear my horse doesn't get as much exercise as he should." She wondered if he would take that as an invitation, or if he would offer to join her. Truth of the matter was, she had been spending more time in the great outdoors as of late, it just wasn't as a human.

He just smiles as he looks at her.

"Would you mind if I joined you when you went out? I mean, it would be fun."

He just put his hand on the new pendant looking down at it.

Such a gentleman. "That might be nice. A second pair of eyes could show me things that I otherwise would not see." Like the animals that normally scurried from her, only in a more calm circumstance.

He just smiles at her.

"May I ask why you, who does not know me so well, have allowed me into your personal area?"

He was not meaning anything by but from what he knew of people they did like their privacy.

She chuckled. "I am safer than you might think. Trust me on that one." She looked around her room. "I have various weapons throughout the room, I have my other form, I know how to fight in this form, and I have several people who are just a mental link away who are even more dangerous than I am. I have no worries." She smiled at him. Her smile held an undertone of wickedness that was rather unusual for her.

He puts his hands up chuckled.

"Ok, then I guess it would be just fine with you then huh?"

He puts his hands back down.

"But let me ask something else then. Out of all the males that were at the party, Why did you not come down with an escort?"

She lowered her head. "I have had to do many an event un-escorted as of late." Her head still hung, his question causing her to fight back some tears. "I have ... had to endure a few losses and, for now, it seems that I shall be without an escort for a while." Nothing loosened a pair of lips like a few too many alcoholic drinks. She was able to bite her tongue, but if he asked more, she would more than likely tell more.

He just looked at her.

"I am sorry if I have brought up a painful subject. I did not mean to pry."

He slowly got and walked over to her. It might have been the beer, yes it was the beer that was making him do what he was doing now. He knelt down next to her and hugged her.

She drew in a sharp breath and her body tensed up when he touched her. She was frozen in place, like a statue. She held the breath she drew in for as long as she could. The fact that someone was touching her was rather terrifying at the moment. She had been feeling as if she was cursed as of late. And now that he was touching her, was he going to now leave her life as well. They were just starting to get to know each other, and now he had touched her. He was going to stop coming around before they even got to know each other past acquaintances. She couldn't hold back those tears anymore. She leaned her head against his chest and cried.

He was kind of taken aback as he heard crying. He kept his arms around her and looked down.

"Miss Tasha have I done something wrong?"

He was worried. Maybe he did something he should not have done.

She had no idea what to say about that. She tried to speak, but it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. "I'm cursed. You touched me." She couldn't help but think about the other things that had led her to the conclusion that she was cursed. And those things just made her cry harder. "Shouldn't have. I'm cursed." She was missing big chunks of her sentences, but she knew what she was trying to say. She was trying to tell him that he shouldn't have touched her because she was cursed. Though, she didn't think he was going to understand that.

He just kind chuckled a little.

"Do you mean to say that I should not have touched you because you are cursed? And what might the curse be?"

He was not trying to be offensive but it was a little humorous. He just kept his arms around her while she cried. He was hoping he was doing the right thing.

She nodded as she cried. "When a man touches me, someone or something takes him away from me." She was slowing in her crying enough to speak a sentence, but that was about it. And now it was even worse because now she was embarrassed for crying in front of him.

He slowly puts his arms out in front of him as she was eye level with him.

"Pardon my bluntness her but why would any man leave such a beautiful woman as yourself. I mean if it me I would keep you in my sights all the time. No matter what happens."

He was sincere about that statement. Would he have normally said something like? No he would not, but because of the alcohol he did say it.

She wiped at her eyes before she looked up at him. She had cried off most of her make up and she was sure that there were streaks of mascara on her face. Though, she had wiped them away rather well. But that in turn wiped away her powder and foundation as well, letting her few freckles show upon her cheeks. Emerald hued cats eyes blinked at him before she spoke. "I do not know why they go. Sometimes, it is not in their hands." She lowered her head again. "But other times, it is their choice to go." Her tears had stopped, but she was still very much upset.

He just smiles at her. Then he looked around seeing nothing that could help, so he sent into one of his pockets and took out a piece of cloth.

"Pardon me."

Is all he asked before moving the across her closed right eye removing some of the makeup with with it. Then he doubled over the cloth and wiped away the tears from her left eye making sure to get the makeup off as well so she did not look weird. After he was done he put the cloth on the table and looked at her.

"I do not know why you put makeup on Miss but you look lovely without it."

He just smiles as he says that.

"But like I said before, if it was me I would try my hardest stay, and if something did happen, and I had to leave I would go kicking and screaming all the way."

She remained motionless as he wiped the make up and tears from her eyes. Hearing his words she made an attempt at a chuckle. It came out as a couple of quick noises. She wasn't laughing at him, just at the situation. "We shall see. You have touched me, and I am cursed, so we shall see." She left her head hung, she chose to not address the make-up issue at the moment. She hated having freckles, as most red-heads did. So she wore make-up to cover them. Plus, the make-up had sun block in it to help keep her from getting more. But that wasn't worth explaining at the moment. Right now she was more worried about being cursed and Ha'Ruil touching her.

He just smiles at her comment.

"He pulled her back into a hug before letting her go and sitting back down in his chair.

"Well now do you feel better."

As he sat down, well he did not notice this but she will. Where her head was leaning on his chest was makeup and tears.

"Not really." She turned in the chair and brought her knees up to her chest, making sure that the afghan hung properly over her legs to cover her as she wrapped her arms around her legs. "I have gotten make-up on your clothes, I should wash them out for you so they are not ruined." She moved to get up so she could get the articles of clothing from him to wash them out.

"Huh? Make-up on my clothes."

He looked down and just smiled.

"Well now, now there's a way to remember someone."

He took off his long vest placing it on the chair top before removing the leather belt that held the rest of his clothing taught. He placed that on top of his vest before turning around minding his manners and pulling out the two shirts out of the pants. He was still turned away from her as he started to unbutton the first shirt and then the second shirt. He slowly removed one at a time. What she would notice when he took off the second one was that, until like most elves, his body was chiseled, every move he made was like a river of muscles flowing. His muscles were not tpo big nor too small, just perfect for his body type. He turned around and she saw, again, a perfect front. His abs where just the right size for his body as were his pec's, tri's, and lat's. He took a step close to her and smiled handing her to two shirts.

"Thank you Miss."

((TBC))

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She smiled as she took the offered shirts, that had not been a view she had been expecting. She took the shirts into her bathroom. She scrubbed her face clean of make-up before she started on his shirts. She used a mild soap make of all natural ingredients. She wet the articles one at a time, and then she used the soap on colors. She rubbed the make-up out of the clothes and then rinsed them out. She rang the items, thankful for her 'super-human' strength. Then she returned to her bedroom to find a couple of hangers. She placed the two shirts on the hangers and then hung them in the bathroom to dry. She returned to the main room of her suite and took her seat again. "Again, I am sorry about that. I don't know what came over me." She brought her knees up to her chest again and wrapped her arms around her legs. She rested her face on her knees to hide the fact that she was without make-up and was still upset.

He sat back down and smiled again at her.

"Miss Tasha, I will say this once, I will always be here if you need to talk. Granted we do not know each other that well right now but I would not mind talking to you whenever you need to."

He put his arms across his chest. Granted to him he did not think nothing of what he was done. To him this is the norm.

She looked over to him, rather shocked by his statement. "That is very kind of you to say Ha'Ruil." She knew it wouldn't hold true, she knew that something or someone would take him from her. It was her curse, she knew what was going to happen.

He just nods at her.

"Well now, is there anything else you would like to talk about. To get off your chest sort to speak?"

She found a touch of humor in his asking if she had something she wanted to get off of her chest, when he was the one who was topless. "No, thank you, I believe I have cried on your shoulder enough." She purposely did not add for now or for tonight to that sentence. And she found humor in the irony of her own statement as well. Between the two, she managed a chuckle. "I am glad for the company though. Who knows what kind of trouble I could find to get into if left to my own devices after so much to drink." She finally lifted her head to rest her chin on her knees.

He just smiles and leans forward a little.

"And I am glad to be in such beautiful company. And to be honest what kind of trouble would you have gotten yourself into?"

He just had to ask.

Without her make-up, the faint hue of crimson that normally graced her cheeks if she blushed was more heightened and was now an all over flush of bright red. His leaned forward brought him closer to her again. Almost close enough to touch. "Oh, who knows. I can always find some trouble out there somewhere. Tattle on people who have wronged me, bully someone into submission to suit my whims. All kinds of trouble to be found. Not my style when sober, but I do believe I tipped back more than a few tonight." And she was still feeling the effects of them. Though, not as fully as before. After all, her accelerated metabolism was making sure that she was going to be sober by morning without a hang-over.

He just chuckles.

"Is the Miss blushing?"

He just looked at her.

"Yes, yes, alcohol can be a friend at times and at other times a down right vengeful enemy."

He had a merriment in his eyes, He was enjoying this talk.

She chuckled again as she buried her face in the afghan that covered her legs. He had caught her blushing. Which only made her blush more. She could remember a few times when the drink was her friend. Like when it served to calm her nerves when they had dinner. But, tonight, she had gotten more than friendly with that green love of hers. She just hoped she could keep from getting more than friendly with anything or anyone else before she began to truly sober up. She nodded in response to his comment. "Yes, and it was not my enemy tonight, but it was definitely more than just a friend." She chuckled again. She was so very embarrassed.

He just chuckles.

"Now, now, do not cover up your face."

He slowly moved his hand over to her face and brushed a piece of hair away from her face.

He would feel her muscles tense in her face as he brushed back her hair. But she would relax quickly after. She lifted her head again and rested her chin on her knees. "Better?" She even smiled.

He just smiles at her.

"Yes much better. You should never hide that face of yours."

She shook her head. "That is a matter of opinion." And her opinion was that she should stay locked away in her room forever.

"And what is your opinion then?"

He just smiles as he looks at her.

He had to ask, didn't he? "In my opinion, I should never leave my room again." Yes, that was it exactly.

Now he had a puzzled look on his face.

"And why is that?"

She shook her head. "That way, I could never harm anyone again." Her, do harm? She honestly blamed herself for the pain she felt, like she was hurting those who were leaving her and that was why they left.

He just smiles at her again, he was doing that a lot with her.

"Miss Tasha I do not know how such a beautiful angel would ever be able to harm anyone."

He moves his hand again slowly moving another piece of hair from her face.

Oh, he had to stop that, she was not sober enough for that. She leaned against his hand for the briefest of seconds. "And yet, I do." That was all she said on that. To elaborate might bring forth more tears.

He slowly moved his hand over to her face and cupped it. Would he be doing this if he was sober? No, differently not. Then he slowly pulled his hand away.

"I am sorry I did not mean to be so brash. And like I said before I do not know why."

When he cupped her face, her eyes slowly fell closed. And when his hand was removed, they quickly opened again. "I don't know why either. That just seems to be the way it is." She wanted to hide away from the world. She thought that there would be less pain in her life, if her life consisted of the walls they were within at that very moment.

"Well if I could be so blunt, I think....well if you want I could help with that."

He just smiled at her. His service was sincere.

Her brows furrowed together. "And how, exactly. do you think you could do that?" She was truly curious.

He just looked at her and smiled.

"Well...I could help you try and get passed that wall. I mean, take nature for instance. The animals there just go with the flow..."

He chuckles.

"Well I guess I take my style from them."

Yes he was not making any kind of sense.

Past the wall? "Ha'Ruil, I do not wish to get past a wall. I wish to be where I can do the least harm." She was a little confused. What did going with the flow and getting past a wall have to do with the pain she was having to deal with?

"Well that is what I am trying to say."

He put his hand close to her face again letting his fingers touch her cheek.

"You say that you are cursed. I say you are not. Sometimes things happen. And just because they do....does not mean by any means that you are cursed and that you will do harm."

She closed her eyes again at his touch. "But, what other explanation could there be?" She could feel the warmth of his fingers upon her skin. "I mean, one moment they are here, then they touch me, and then they are gone. It has happened twice. If not a curse, than what?" She couldn't move more than the muscles it took for her to speak. His touch seemed to paralyze her. She was so worried that he could come to harm, not that he had touched her, or that someone would catch his eye and she would loose a friend.

"Maybe....How could I say this without getting you upset..."

He sighed as he slowly moved his fingers up and down her cheek.

"I really do not understand why they left but they were stupid for doing so."

Her eyes were still closed, and were it not for the rise and fall of her chest, one would be hard pressed to know if she was even breathing. "Sometimes, they have no choice." That was all she could say. She would have said more, but she had no idea what that would have been.

He slowly moved his hand to cup her cheek and he slowly used his thumb to rub her cheek.

"I really do not see how though. Like I said before, I would have go kicking and screaming to be taken away from someone like you."

A tear rolled down her cheek, the only movement she made short of breathing and speaking. "He had to die ..." That tear fell to his hand and wet his thumb. Her eyes still closed, she had started breathing harder to try and hold back more tears that threatened to fall.

"I am so sorry. I did not mean to bring up bad memories."

He slowly moved his thumb to rub her cheek again.

Unfortunately, it was too late. She knew he didn't open that wound on purpose, but it was open once again. Maybe this time it could finally bleed out, so to speak, and she could finally get some rest. "Venis, Venis could have saved him. What good are the God's if they cannot save their loved ones? If they can't help those they are sworn to protect? But she was gone from here, I was gone from here. And he had to die. Gawain, my big brother, my pack alpha, he had to kill him, he had to kill his own brother. How is that fair? How is it fair that I had to loose the man I loved, all because some tyrant wanted something from a Goddess." She was rambling on in rushed tones and her eyes shot open. She looked him dead in the eye and spoke again. "Why did it have to be him?" She fell silent then.

He listened to her and he slowly got up and took the two steps to get in front of her. With that he slowly took one of her hands and pulled her up so he could put his arms around her.

"I am sorry that, that had to happen to you. I really am sorry. I really do not look up to the gods. Yes, I know they exist but they have not helped me out a lot in my time of need."

Her hands came to rest upon his bare chest as he embraced her. She looked up at him with tear filled eyes. "Than you have called out to the wrong God's Ha'Ruil." No mater what had happened to Gareth, her faith in Venis, Dre, Kahn, and the other God's of Rhy'Din had never wavered. But she did wish that they had been able to help Gareth.

"That might be the case...."

He slowly moved his hands up and down her back to calm her down.

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She closed her eyes again in a slow blink. "Tell me, Ha'Ruil, what is it that you want or need from the God's. If there was anything they could do for you, what would it be." She was quite curious about this.

He chuckled as he heard her question.

"Honestly I do not know what I would want or need. Actually there is one thing I would like from them. For them to make it so that you would stop crying because crying does not suit you."

She smiled up at him. "Oh, if only it were that simple. Sometimes, it is good to cry and let the pain out. Though, I think I have cried more tonight than I have in the last 6 months. I've even let you see me without my make-up. I never let anyone see me without my make-up. I hate having freckles." She almost chuckled at that.

He just smiles at her.

"But I think they are cute. They are a nice trait."

Oh God's, he said cute. She blushed and lowered her head turning it to the side to avoid hitting him in the stomach with her head. "They are not. They are flaws." Yes, flaws, she liked her face to look flawless. So she was a little vain, it happens.

He just smiles at her.

"No they are not. They make you who you are. Everything flawed or flawless. Without them they would not make you who you are."

She turned more and more red. Not only was he holding her in his arms, but he was paying her compliment after compliment. She was sure she was cursed, and the nicer he was too her, the more scared she became for him. But how could she make him understand that. "You truly should not be so nice to me. It seems to be bad luck to get this close and to be so nice to me." That was the best she could come up with.

He just smiled as he leaned down so that his face was extremely close to hers.

"Then I guess I will have to take my chances then huh?"

She could feel his breath on the side of her face, and she turned to look at him. Hearing his words brought a question to her mind. Through parted lips she whispered. "Why would you?" She had been trying to tell him all night, and he was being a suborn male. He was willing to risk possible peril, just to be in the same room as her?

"Because I just would. There is no reasoning behind it."

He just smiles at her.

With as close as their faces were at the moment she was very thankful that she had brushed her teeth and washed her mouth out before. "There has to be some reason. You wouldn't be here without reason." Her words were soft and low. She didn't want to be loud in his face.

He just smiles as he whispers back to her.

"Can't a guy just enjoy the company of a beautiful lady?"

It was just a reaction, but his arms around her body twitched so she was closer to him.

She blinked as his arms twitched pulling her closer. Now more than just her arms and hands rested against him. Her chest and stomach were pressed to him now too. Not to mention that their faces were even closer. "But ... this woman just happens to be cursed." She chose to avoid the word beautiful in her reply to him.

He just smiles at her.

"And like I said I do not think you are cursed."

Her body was starting to betray her. She felt warm within his arms. She wasn't going to ever allow anyone to ever hold her again, but she had not had her usual self control, thanks to the beer. "But I am, you shall see." He would, he would find out all too quickly that he will either come to harm, or succumb to the wiles of another. He would see. It was only a matter of time.

He just smiles as he looks into her eyes.

"Then I say let it come, I will take it out."

She had to close her eyes, she had no choice. The closeness, the whispering, his eyes. She had not sobered up enough for this much closeness. "You are a very brave man." But it was a fine line between brave and foolish.

He chuckles at that comment.

"Or a very stupid one. But I like the brave man one myself."

He did something then that he does not know if should have done or not, but he did it anyways, and pulled her as close as he could and then put his chin on her head.

She smiled when he said that. At least he could admit it. It was quite the cute thing to say. But then he pulled her even closer. Now her entire body was pressed to his. He had moved his head, and her head was able to lay against his chest. But that was so very short lived. Because his chin came to rest upon the top of her head. Tasha had this thing about the top of her head. It was a height complex to say the least. Her head slid from under his and she looked up at him. "Please, do not do that. I may be short, but I am not a head rest, or an arm rest, or an end table." Her voice held a bit of merriment to it. She was not going to yell at the man for the first offense. But she wanted to make sure that he understood.

He looked at her and nodded.

"Very well Miss I will not do that again."

With that he turned his head to the side so when her head was on his chest only the side of his face would be connected with her head. A few moments later he lifted his head up so he would not get yelled at.

The side of his face was an improvement. It was more like a hug than a resting of the head. And hugs she could deal with. She closed her eyes back and rested against him. "Thank you Ha'Ruil, I am sorry I snapped at you." She was pressed to his body and all she could do was wonder over and over. So she looked up at him and asked. "Why?" Why her, why this, why so brave, all of the above. Why was he even bothering with her, when he should run screaming from her room?

He just smiled at her first response

"You are welcome."

He starts to move his hands around again moving them up and down. Then when the second question happened he looked puzzled.

"What do you mean why?"

His hands moving upon her back was going to make her weak in the knees. "Just everything. Why me, why here, why now, why be so brave? I just do not understand why." She would not give up this line of questioning until he gave her a reason, not another question. She had to have something make sense to her sometime in her life. This was the battle she chose for that.

He just laughed about her string of questions.

"Ok let me start from the first one. Why you because I am enjoy your company, second because you invited me in, third because it just happened that way, and forth......That one I really do know but I will get back to you on that one when I find out the answer myself."

Tasha chuckled. "Oh to be so fearless. So tell me oh great and brave elven warrior, how brave are you?" She smiled up at him from within his arms. He was getting rather good at making her smile.

He had to laugh at that comment.

"I do not know. How brave would you like me to be?"

He leaned his head down again so that almost their noses touched.

Slowly her eyes closed and she whispered to him. "As brave as you want to be, of course." Oh he was so close. He was showing signs of bravery already.

He chuckles a little.

"Oh really?"

With that he moves his head again this time making it so that their noses touch. And he pulls her real close to his body.

Her heart was pounding in her chest, he breathing was deep and not at all calming as she felt every bit of his body pressed every bit of hers. She was reminding herself to never drink again in her mind. Somewhere in the back of her mind, where the signal wasn't reaching anywhere else. Especially not her lips. For they parted and she whispered yet again. "Yes ... Really." Just how much was she going to hate herself in the morning?

It must have been the drinking, but he would not have done what he was about to do normally. He closes his eyes and moves his head just a little so that their lips touched but for a just a few moments.

A brush of the lips, the smallest hint of lingering, and yet ... Her head was suddenly swimming. She felt dizzy and light headed. Perhaps it was the alcohol, perhaps it was her belief that she was cursed, either way she was taken aback. As his lips left hers she whispered again. "It would seem that you are a very brave man." She did not pull away, she did not flip out. She remained, right there, in his arms.

He just smiled as he leaned back down.

"I guess so."

When was the last time he kissed a woman? A few years. So as he leaned down and kissed her again put made sure to lift her up just a bit to make it easier on both of them. But the kiss this time was longer. He did not remove his lips from hers.

Up on her tip toes she went as he drew her in for a longer kiss this time. She couldn't bring herself to pull away from him. She knew she should, she knew she should have never let him kiss her to begin with, but she just couldn't pull away.

He slowly opened up his mouth letting his tongue touch her lips. He could taste her and it was intoxicating. He could not pull himself away from her. He was a gentleman but right now that was out the window.

Once his tongue touched her lips they parted as if they had a mind of their own. Her own tongue slid from between her lips to come in contact with his. He tasted of green beer, cheese sticks, and marinara sauce. A great combination for her. She let her tongue run along his while their lips still rested upon one another's.

He moaned a little as their tongues started to dance around with each other. She tasted of toothpaste and mint mouthwash. He slowly moved his hands up and down her back again making it so that he had to lean down a little bit to keep the kiss going.

She rose up higher on her toes to help him from straining his back. How had she gotten herself into this and why wasn't she trying to get out of it? At this moment she did not care. All she cared about was that their tongues had found one another and with that had found happiness. Their lips were caressing each others in a minuet of controlled passion. She had not let a man touch her in several weeks. She had sworn that she would never again. Yet here she was, in a man's arms, returning his magnificent kiss.

He slowly moved his tongue around her mouth touching the top of her mouth and then along her teeth. He wanted to remember this. He slowly moved his hands down just above her rear. He gave a light moan letting her know that he was enjoying this moment.

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She would taste of him as he tasted of her. And he wasn't the only one who was enjoying this moment. The soft moan that escaped her throat gave that away. She loved the way his tongue felt inside of her mouth. She even curled her finders against his chest forming fists with her hands for a moment. But she did uncurl her fingers again to press her palms to him.

He finally withdrew his tongue from her mouth and released his mouth from hers.

"Tasha that was incredible."

Yes he said it, just her first name. He leaned forward so their foreheads touched, and he was breathing a little bit heavy.

His tongue withdrew from her mouth, so hers retracted from his. His lips parted from hers, so her lips closed with a slow fluid motion. She was struggling to catch her breath as their foreheads touched. Incredible, yes that was a good word for what had just happened. Her chest was heaving from the deep breaths she was taking trying to find her voice again. "Yes ... It was." Where had that come from? And did he just call her Tasha? That was one hell of a kiss if it managed to accomplish that small feat.

He just smiles at her.

"So what now?"

They have already broken one of the barriers, how many more would they break.

She smiled. Yes, he had made her smile again. "What now is an interesting question. I should be getting to bed. I really should. But you are the brave one. So you tell me, what now?" Had she just asked that? Had she gone insane? Oh what was she doing? All most definitely rhetorical, other wise she would have asked them aloud.

He just smiled at her.

"To be quite honest I would not mind just watching you sleep."

Yes, it was corny, but hey, he was being honest. His gentleman side was kicking in. He was not going to take anything that happened between them too far.

She smiled back at him. "Well, were you to watch me sleep, I do not believe that I would be able to sleep. But, there are two beds in my bedroom, if you wish to sleep over tonight." Yes, she meant for him to sleep as well. She honestly would not be able to sleep with him watching her.

He just smiles at her before leaning back down touching her lips again.

"I think I would like to sleep over."

He slowly moved away from her holding out his hand.

Another kiss, chaste as it was, it was still a surprise. Then he slowly moved back from her. He had released her and she lowered to her flat feet. He offered her his hand and she took it. "I shall need to change for bed." As they walked to her bedroom the thought of her clothes became an issue. She would be sure to change.

"Oh where are my manners."

With that he turns around with his head facing away from her. He was here as a guest.

She smiled at him as he turned his back. She went to her chest of drawers and pulled out some cut off sweat pants and a baggy T-shirt. "Would you like a T-shirt?" It was an offer, not a request to cover himself. If he said yes, she would hand him a large one, she had a few. She changed clothes rather quickly. "You may turn back." She walked into the bathroom to check and see if his shirts would be dry by morning. She finished getting ready for bed and then returned to the bedroom and to the side of her bed. The side that was between the two beds.

He just shakes his head.

"No thank you I think I am just fine."

He then walked over to her and slowly sat down next to her.

"Well tonight has been exciting. May I ask a question?"

She was a little shocked when he sat next to her on her bed. But she turned to face him, pulling her leg up onto the bed and bending her knee. "What is it?" Softly spoken, but above a whisper.

He just smiles at her.

"Well I was wondering if I could kiss you again before we go to sleep, and would you like to go on a walk sometime tomorrow."

He just sits there and waits for an answer.

She smiled and blushed. "Ha'Ruil, if you ask permission every time you want to kiss me, the red will never leave my cheeks. If you want to kiss me, then just kiss me. And a walk tomorrow sounds lovely." She smiled again. She was definitely not used to people asking to kiss her.

He just nods to her response.

"Very well then I will do that then."

He put his hand up to her face and leans in pulling her to his face and he kisses her again letting his tongue touch her lips.

She let her lips part once again for him and let her tongue find his. Her hands came up to his neck as she leaned her head slightly to deepen the kiss. She ran her cat-like tongue along his gently so as not to scratch him with the surface. A slight moan escaped her throat without warning. He was definitely a good kisser.

He moaned a little himself as he moved closer to her while keeping the kiss going. He slowly moved his other hand onto her stomach he did not mean to but that is just where his hand went to.

Through the thin T-shirt he would feel her ab muscles tighten with his touch. A reflex. But she did not move his hand nor ask him to move it. She had a similar muscle tone as him, she had a habit of staying in shape. It was helpful when one shifted forms, as he would know. But she was still more feminine in her shape, she liked being what they called buff, but she wasn't trying to look like a man. She was very much enjoying the feel of his lips massaging hers and his tongue dancing with hers within their mouths. It was breathtaking.

His hand slowly moved up her stomach, once his thumb touches the bottom of her feminine curve that is when his hand stopped moving. His other hand was resting on her back as he deepened the kiss moving his tongue around in her mouth. Yes it was an odd sensation because of how her tongue was but he did not care.

She drew in a deep breath through her nose as his hand moved North along her body. She chuckled in her own head as she thought about him trying to steal second without even thinking about it. If she moved wrong he would be and it wouldn't even be his fault. These and other such thoughts amused her while they kissed. It was those thoughts that were keeping her from melting in his arms. Why was melting even a worry? Because the kiss was just that damned good.

He left his hand where it was on her stomach as he slowly moves his other hand up her back and to her neck. He relaxed his body a little making it so that they were slowly starting to lay on the bed. He did not know why he was doing what he was doing but the alcohol knew why.

Oh God's, oh God's, oh God's. That simple two word phrase kept playing over and over again in her mind like a broken record. Why were they leaning back, why were they laying down on the bed? She leaned her head to the other side as they leaned back so that they would both be more comfortable. As they laid back, her leg that wasn't next to him came up and her foot rested upon the edge of her bed. She was sobering up little by little, but was it fast enough to stop this before it was too late? Had she really drank that much? Maybe none of this was real, maybe it was a beer induced hallucination. After all, this kiss was too good to be true. Her hands moved from his neck to the back of his head. She let her tongue find every inch of his mouth, she wanted to taste all of him.

He moaned a little as her hand moved to the back of his head. He tongue was exploring her mouth just like it was last time. But to him this was great. But he knew he would have to stop so he slowly removed his tongue from her mouth and slowly released his lips from hers but stayed just like he was looking at her. Their noses were touching.

"That was great Tasha. And I guess we have become more than acquaintances huh?"

He sort of chuckled at her.

She reluctantly withdrew from his mouth as he did from hers. She made no attempt to move from under him or even away from him. She just laid there in his arms and looked up at him with the emerald eyes of a cat. "I do believe it is safe to say that we are at least friends now." She smiled as she moved her lips closer to his to brush against them in a chaste peck.

As her lips touched his again he presses his lips hard against hers. Yes he was feeling effects of their kissing, in more than one way. If this kept up that might be something happening that they both would not want at the moment. He pulled back again

"Tasha, dear"

Yes he said it.

"If this keeps up, something is going to happen tonight ,and if something were to happen ever between us I would like it to happen without the alcohol."

Yes even through their kissing he was still a gentleman.

"But I would not mind doing this again with you."

He just smiles down at her.

She smiled back at him. "I'm not that drunk." She laughed. "I would have definitely stopped you if you had tried to be even more brave." She smiled again. "And I still think you need to sleep in the other bed." She knew how hard it would be to behave with him in her bed.

He just chuckles.

"You know what? I like those freckles of yours."

His voice had merriment to it. He leans back down to steal a quick kiss from her lips before he slowly starts to move from on top of her. He slowly starts to move over to the other bed.

She laughed and grabbed a pillow to put over her face as soon as he moved. "I hate having freckles." She laughed into the pillow before sitting up and getting into bed. She turned off the light and got laid down. "Goodnight Ha'Ruil." She closed her eyes to go to sleep.

He got into the other bed and laid down with the covers still under him.

"Goodnight Tasha."

With that he closed his eyes and started to go to sleep.

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He wakes up yawning a little. He stretches and gets up. He saw Tasha in the other bed still sleeping so he did not wake her up.

"Well it is time for my exercising."

With that he walks over to the middle of the living room and he lays down on his stomach. He starts to do push up but the odd thing was he was using his finger tips to do the push up instead of his palm and he starts to move up and down.

Tasha was still asleep as Ha'Ruil rose from the other bed to start his morning workout. A sound would escape her throat, something of a whimper. And she rolled over onto her other side. She remained motionless for just over a second before turning again. This time kicking at her covers. There was a mumble, it almost sounded like a no. And he rolled over again.

He was in the middle of doing his push ups when he heard a noise. So he stopped and then turned to face Tasha, He got up and slowly walked over to her. He heard her mumble and he looked a little worried. So what did he do, he sat down on the bed and slowly and lightly placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Tasha"

He said lightly.

His touch, that had been all it seemed to have took. Though, his voice could have helped as well. Either way, she was drawing in a deep, sharp breath and sitting straight up in bed. She was soaked clear though her clothes with a cold sweat. Her hair clung to her face and her T-shirt to her body. It was a good thing that it was a heather gray, not the white one that was next to it in the drawer. His hand had been on her shoulder before she woke, so now that she was sitting up, it placed his arm across her chest and shoulders. She placed her hands on his arm and hugged him to her as she leaned against him. It was almost as if she was clinging to him.

He was surprised by her movement but he did not care, he put other arm around her.

"Shh Shh its ok."

He slowly started to rock a little letting her know he was there.

"Its ok I am here."

She turned her head and looked at him, it took her a moment to realize where she was and who he was. Her hands released his arm as she turned a little more and wrapped her arms around his torso. She laid her head against his chest with her eyes wide open. She was breathing heavily and it was obvious that she was frightened. She almost didn't even want to blink.

"Tasha, are you ok?"

He slowly removed his one hand and carefully put it on her head stroking her hair.

"Is everything ok?"

He had a concerned look on his face.

She couldn't breathe. As she struggled to catch her breath, she nodded to him as she was going to be fine, now that she was awake. It was the nightmares that she feared, but this one, this one was new. And it was fading from her mind already.

"What was that?"

Yes, he was actually concerned for her. He just sat there stroking her hair, rocking back and forth.

It took another moment before she could speak. She began to shake as she did so. "I'm sorry, it was just a bad dream." She took a deep breath to try and calm herself. "I didn't mean to frighten you." She couldn't quite bring herself to look at him yet.

He just smiles and chuckles a little.

"Tasha it is not that you frighten me, you worried me."

Yes there was a difference to him at least. He took his hand of her head and started to slowly move his hand up and down her back trying to calm her down.

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She took yet another deep breath trying to calm down, almost all of the nightmare gone from her memory now. "I am sorry Ha'Ruil. I will be ok. I didn't mean to wake you." She didn't know he had already risen and started his morning exercise routine.

He shakes his head.

"You did not wake me. I was already up doing my morning exercising."

From saying that Tasha would be able to tell that he had a little bit of a sheen to him from his workout.

"But anyways are you sure you will be ok?"

He puts his face to the side and plants his cheek on her head.

That was so comforting, thought she would never say so aloud. "I am sure. If I interrupted your workout I should let you get back to it." He had been a touch moist, but she hadn't noticed because she was covered in sweat.

He just chuckled.

"Yes I have a few more things to do but they can wait."

He really did not want to leave her side at the moment, he was worried about her after all.

"Any way I can help you?"

She slowly moved her head from under his to look into his eyes. "The way you came and woke me, and didn't run when I grabbed onto you, that was more than anyone has ever done." She smiled up at him thinking that she should let go of him.

He just chuckled a little.

"Why would anyone run? I would have thought it was a natural reaction to stay by the person that you like when something bad happens."

Tasha's face turned as red as her hair as she leaned her head against his chest. "That's sweet." She didn't know what else to say. She was more than embarrassed now. Almost to the point of wanting to flee.

He just smiles as he holds.

"Aww are you blushing again. Its so cute."

He just chuckled.

"What, you do not like being called cute?"

He just kept on rubbing her back making sure she was ok.

She shook her head as her forehead was pressed against his chest. "I hate being called cute." Her voice held a certain poutiness to it. She really did hate being called cute.

He just chuckled as her comment. He removed his hand from her back and put a finger under her chin lifting her face to his.

"Well then how about beautiful?"

He kissed her nose before leaning down and lightly kissing her on the lips.

Her eyes slowly closed when he came near her for the kiss. She didn't say anything when he kissed her nose, and her lips brushed his when his brushed hers. But before she moved back away from the kiss, she spoke, their lips brushing as she did. "Not the nose." She smiled and placed another chaste kiss upon his lips.

He just chuckles.

"Ok, I have still got to figure out what makes you tick."

He put a hand on her back moving it up and down very slowly.

She chuckled as she brushed his lips with her own once more. "Good luck with that." She released him from her arms. "Go, finish your workout, I need a shower." She smiled.

He laughs.

"Ok, ok"

With that he gives her another quick kiss before letting her go and stood up. He put his hands on his pants lifting them just about half an inch before putting his legs out. By the time he was done he was doing the splits, once he was settled he turned his waist one way and then the other to stretch. After about two minutes of stretching he put his hand down in front of him with the finger tips the only thing touching the floor.

He starts to slowly lift the rest of his body up off the ground, it was slow and precise. He finally got his entire body off the ground and straightens up his body so he was in a hand stand position. Once he knew he was good he started to bend his elbows until his face was almost to the ground before pumping his arms making him to upside down push ups.

Tasha watched him get off the bed and go back into the other room. She watched for a moment as he went down into the splits, then watched his back muscles ripple as he twisted his back for the stretch. She arched her eyebrow as he started to go up into the hand stand on his fingertips. She wondered the same thing most women do the first time they see a man working out. 'Is this is normal routine or is he trying to do more to impress me?' She of course did not ask that out loud.

She simply slid from the bed and headed for the bathroom. If he looked shortly after the water started he would see two things. He would see a T-shirt fly past the doorway that separated the main room from the bedroom. Then he would see a pair of shorts take the same flight. Then he would hear the shower door closing to signal she was in the shower.

He was a gentleman, he was a gentleman, he kept on telling himself. So he just kept working out. He finally got done doing the upside down push up and he slowly let himself back down. Once his feet were planted he did about 50 squats, 50 more push up and a few more exercises like jumping jacks, a few punches into the air and the same with a few kicks. He was just waiting for Tasha to come out.

She took a bit longer in the shower than she had planned. But there was still some hot water left if he wanted a shower too. She got out, and wrapped a towel around her body. Then she grabbed up a towel for her hair and headed back to the bedroom. "I saved you some hot water if you wanted a shower." She bent over and put the towel over the back of her head and the twisted it closed around her hair. Then she flipped back up letting the towel flip over to the back of her head.

He just looked at her and turned around. He was a gentleman after all.

"Sure, thank you very much Tasha."

With that he starts to walk over to the bathroom trying to make sure that he did not see her in the towel, He had too much respect for her to try and peek.

She was completely covered in that towel, well, definitely more than she had been in the green dress from the party. There had been no need for him to avoid looking at her. So when he did avoid that glance in her direction it made her giggle. So she went to get dressed. She put on a pair of low rise dark colored jeans, and a sliver metallic tube top that hung loose at the bottom. She went to check the door for Levi while she waited for him to finish in the shower.


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Went he went into the bathroom he took of the rest of his clothes. And then got into the shower, he did not think anything of it, but when he turned on the shower it was on pulsate. He turned it back to full stream before washing his body, face and hair. After a few minutes he turned off the water and took a towel from the rack, he dried himself off. He put the towel around his waist securing it tightly. He picks up his clothes and opens up the door to the bedroom. He saw her in the new clothes and his mouth opened wide.

"That is a very lovely outfit."

He says as he is walking around with nothing but a towel around his waist.

She turned and saw him in the towel. "Thank you." She looked at him and shook her head, with an evil grin she spoke again. "You too." She winked as she closed the door behind Leviathan She watched as Levi went to lay down in the kitchenette. She went in and got Levi something to eat. "Are you hungry? I can have something brought up." She wouldn't even think about eating had he not been there.

He just looks down and a small bit of red appears on his cheeks before it goes away.

"Thank you..I think."

And with that he walks over to the living room putting his clothes down.

"Actually, yes I am a little bit hungry, if they do not mind bringing it up here."

He saw Levi there and smiled.

"Hello again Levi."

Levi looked up at him and then looked back at Tasha and laid her head back down while she waited for her breakfast. Tasha walked over to the wall and knocked three times. That would have told Venis that she needed one of the men to her room. So now all they had to do was wait. "One of the men should be along shortly. We can ask them about breakfast." She finished getting Levi's breakfast ready and she set it on the floor for her. "Unless you want one of them men to see you in that towel, you might want to put something on. I have some clean clothes in the bottom left drawer that should fit you. So you don't have to put dirty clothes on."

He just smiles as he walks over to Tasha putting his hands on her waist pulling her close to him.

"And here I thought you might like me in a towel."

It was him, this time, who gave a smirk.

She chuckled as her hands came up to rest on his arms. "Oh I do, just thought you might not want others to see you like that." She smiled then, no blush or anything this time.

He just smiles as he leans down and kisses her.

"You know what?"

He said after the kiss.

She returned his kiss and then smiled. "I know lot's of whats, what's your what?" She chuckled. Would he be confused, most people were.

He just laughs at her.

"I like it here."

He put his arms around her giving her a hug, hoping that Levi will not try and attack him.

She chuckled and returned his hug. "Good." She laid her head against him for a moment.

He leans his head to the side, laying his cheek on her head. He wondered about something, so he did it. He slowly put his hands to her sides and started to tickle her.

She grinned up at him. "So sorry to disappoint, but I'm not ticklish." She did laugh though. It was funny because he had tried.

"Well it was worth a try."

He chuckles at her before leaning down and kisses her again.

"Yes, it was." She returned his kiss as she rose up onto her toes to keep him from having to bend over too far.

He lets her go.

"So what would you like to do after breakfast?"

He lets her go for the most part but keeping his hands on her waist.

She smiled again. "I do believe you mentioned taking a walk. And I did say we could go for a walk one day. Why put off til tomorrow what you can do today, right?" Her hands were back on his arms, he had awesome arms and hands.

He just smiles

"Yep I guess so. Does Levi want to join us?"

He slowly let her go so he could get dress so he went into the bedroom area and looked around.

"Tasha where are the clothes you were talking about?"

She let her hands slide from his arms as he walked away to go get dressed. "Bottom left hand drawer. There's some sweat pants and T-shirts in there." She walked back over to Levi. She knelt down beside her. "Levi, want to go for a walk girl?" There was a knock at the door. She got up and went to the door. She opened the door to Paul, wearing sunglasses. She chuckled. "Paul, breakfast for two if your headed down." He just nodded and headed out after breakfast.

"Ok bottom left got it."

He saw the drawer and pulled it open. There were a few things in there so he grabbed a pair a sweats and T-Shirt. He looked around making sure that she was not there before taking off his towel to put the cloths on.

So tempting, yes it was so tempting to go peek into the bedroom. But no, he was a gentleman, she would be a lady. Damned manners. She went back to Levi to see if she wanted to join them on their walk.

He took off the towel and put on the sweats and t-shirt, they fit comfortably as he walked back out of the bedroom. When he got back out there he saw her back to him so what does he do? He goes up behind her and puts his hands around her stomach pulling her close.

"You know what? I honestly thought when I got her I would not meet anyone of interest. I guess I was proven wrong."

She felt his hands slide around her bared waist and she grinned as she leaned back against him. "Guess so."

He just chuckled.

"Now what is that suppose to mean?"

He leaned down with his mouth close to her neck so she could feel him breathing.

She chuckled as she leaned her head to the side. "I can be pretty interesting when I want to be." Her wet hair was sliding along her back to the side with the tilt of her head.

"Hmm...how interesting?"

His lips were so close to her neck. He decides to do something that might show her affection. He starts to kiss her neck.

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The goose bumps traveled along her flesh and a small chill ran up her spine. She closed her eyes and the slightest moan escaped her throat as she leaned against him more.

He just chuckles a little bit.

"Ah I see you like this huh?"

With that comment made he starts to kiss her neck moving a couple of inch here and there to get as many places as he could with his lips.

She did like it. And if he wasn't careful, he would see just how much she liked it. He was so close to that spot, that one spot that made her weak in the knees. But in answer to his question all she could respond with was. "Mmmhmmm."

He decides to keep on going since it seems like Tasha is liking it so he moves his head forward a little and kisses her again on the base of the neck right where the shoulder meets the neck in the crook of the collarbone.

"Oh God's." Her knees buckled and she started to drop to the floor. How had he found that spot so easily. Had to have been pure luck.

He holds her up when he felt her body starting to get heavier. He just chuckles.

"Did I find a weak a point?"

"You ... You could say that." She pushed up with her legs to become erect once again. He had caught her off guard with that, she would be better prepared if he went after it again.

He just smiles.

"So if I do that again what will happen?"

So he leans back down and kisses her again in the crook of the neck. He put his arms tighter around just to make sure that she did not fall.

She moaned and leaned against him, she wouldn't fall this time. But damned if she wasn't enjoying it.

He was thinking since she was part feline she might like this so he tried it out. Between the kissing the crook of her neck he lightly grazed that area with his teeth nibbling slightly.

As his teeth grazed her skin her toes began to curl. And as his gently bit down to nibble on her she made fists with her hands. "You ... Might want to stop that." She had no intention of giving into what her body wanted at that moment.

He moved his head away from her body.

"I am sorry was I going to far?"

To him, right now he did not want to do anything that would hurt their budding relationship. He actually liked her company.

She leaned her head back against him and sighed. "It's not that at all, I was just ... Well, it um ... You had me ... That is you're making me ... Oh hell." She spun in his arms and leaned up, taking his face in her hands. She slammed him against the wall behind him as she kissed him. Her tongue waisted no time parting his lips and invading his mouth.

His eyes went wide as she slammed up against the wall, He did no even blink until she was kissing him full force. He did not mind though, but it was new. So what could he do but kiss her back and put his arms tightly around her. He tongue then started to decide to have a war with her tongue to see which one would be the victor.

She chuckled into the kiss, but she kept kissing him. Her tongue wrestling with his. It was actually quite fun.

With the way they were kissing it looked like they were not breathing but they were. His hands started to move on their own, releasing her, and they start to move down her sides. Moving up and down getting dangerously close to her breast.

She moaned as his hands began to travel her body. She was struggling to maintain her control. Once his hands reached the point where they could slide under her shirt, she brought her arms down to pin his hands in place, not wanting them to go any higher yet. But she didn't break the kiss.

He chuckles through the kiss, understanding what she meant, so he moves his hands down to her waist just holding them there. He just smirked as he let her tongue into his mouth and he starts to bite on it and sucking on it just to see what it would do to her.

Her moan held a hint of a squeal to it as she giggled into the kiss. She even went more up onto her toes. This kiss was even more amazing than the kisses she remembered from last night. Too bad there was a knock at the door.

He moaned as he heard the door, he removed his tongue for her mouth and removes his lips from her mouth.

"Tasha dear, there is someone at the door."

He did not want to stop but...

She sighed as she lowered herself back to her feet. "Guess it's breakfast time." Because who else would be at her door? So she went and opened the door for Paul. He brought in the tray with the two plates on it and two glasses of juice. He set them on the table and gave Tash a half hug before he left, a wave to the guy in the room. He wouldn't say anything to the others. It was Tasha's business. Tasha smiled. "See, breakfast time."

He just smiles back at her and walks over to her putting his arms around her.

"I think I will need a cold shower after what just happened."

He chuckles at her before removing his arms from her and pulls out a chair for her.

She chuckled when he put his arms around her. A cold shower indeed. She was going to need an hour long shower. She just laughed as she sat down in the offered chair.

He pushes her in slightly before getting into the chair next to hers and sits down.

"Would you care to join me in the cold shower."

He said it in a joking way hoping that she would get it.

She laughed. She laughed hard. "I don't think we would get very clean, and I don't think the cold would do it's job for you. Plus, it would have a different effect on me." She was still laughing, she got that he was joking. It was funny.

He just smirks as he looks at her.

"Why do you think I asked."

He just winked at her before biting into a piece of toast.

She laughed even more. "You're crazy." She was kidding, she meant it in the fun kinda crazy way.

"And whats your point?"

He just laughs as he starts to eat the second piece of toast. He just looks at her trying to figure out what was going on in her head.

She started laughing as she was taking a drink of her juice. It almost went out of her nose. She covered her mouth and nose as she swallowed her juice and continued laughing. Once she swallowed she spoke. "Um, I'll reserve my answer to that one." She laughed some more as she took a bite of her egg.

He laughed when he saw her cover her mouth.

"Very well then dear."

He bit into the eggs looking looking at her.

"So what would this make us now?"

He had to ask just to see what she said.

She gave his question some thought while she chewed her food. They had just advanced to friends last night. That sounded like a good place to be for now, but technically, they were kinda dating. After all, they had met each other for dinner, a pre-planned date. They met up at the party, not pre-planned, but they did sleep in the same room after making out like a pair of teenagers. They were still together at breakfast, and they were about to go for a walk, which was also kind of pre-planned. So they were kinda dating. "Well, I guess we could say we were dating." She took another bite of her eggs.

He smiles as he puts the egg on the piece of toast with the bacon, He then put another piece of toast on top of the egg and bacon.

"I think I like that very much so."

After that being said he picks up the sandwich.

"Viola"

He bites into the sandwich.

She giggled and ate another bite of egg. Taking time to chew it completely. She was eating very slowly and as little as she could.

His eyes were moving while he was eating and he picked up on the fact that she did not eat much.

"Are you not hungry dear?"

"Hmm?" She looked over at him. "Oh, no, I um, I don't usually eat breakfast." She didn't usually eat at all. But that wasn't information she needed to share.

He was curious now.

"Why is that?"

He put down his sandwich so he could show that she had his undivided attention.

"Eat, before it gets cold." She took another bite of her eggs. She was eating. "I'm just not a morning food kinda person." She took another drink of her juice.

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He just shrugged a little.

"Ah ok."

With that he took up his sandwich again and took another bit from it. He sallowed his bite before looking at her again.

"How long have you had Levi?"

She had to think about that for a second. "About 10 years." That sounded about right. "I rescued her from a zoo that was torturing it's animals. I saw her get abused, and I cam back in the middle of the night to free her and all the other animals. She chose to stick around and there she is. I could never imagine abusing her." She looked over at her and smiled because she was eating.

He was almost done with his meal.

"So she has been your companion ever since huh Well that is good, animals can tell if the person they are with is good or bad."

Tasha smiled. "She knows I love her. I just couldn't stand to see her getting abused." She took another bite, and that finished off her eggs.

"So tell me more about yourself. I know there is more to you then what you told me before."

He just keeps on looking at her.

She chuckled. "Like what?" There wasn't a whole lot to tell. She had told him most everything the other night at dinner and gave him a bit more at the party. She wasn't that interesting.

He chuckles.

"I do not know something that I do not know."

He was finally done with his meal and he stood up and walks over behind her leaning down and he kisses her cheek as he puts his arms around her.

"I just want to know everything about you."

She smiled as she leaned her head back against him. "I think you pretty much do." She chuckled.

He just smiles as he lightly kisses her neck.

"So I know everything about you then huh?"

He pulls her close.

"And I just wanted to say something, and that is that the curse is bogus, and I will not leave you until you ask me to."

She smiled. "I think you do, yea." Then he said what he did about the curse. She honestly believed she was cursed. But she wasn't going to get upset about it. But she did add one thing. "We shall see." After all, time would tell.

"Very well we shall see."

And with that he bites down on the crook of her neck.

She squealed and grinned as she reached her hand up to place it upon the back of his head. "Now, now, now. How am I supposed to be good when you keep doing that?" She laughed as she leaned her head to the side for him.

"I do not know, how are you suppose to be good when I do that?"

He lightly kisses the area that he just bit.

She chuckled. "If you start leaving marks you're gunna get it." She slowly closed her eyes as he was kissing her neck. The softest of moans escaping her throat.

"Get what?"

He lightly grazed her neck.

"Would it be good or bad?"

He chuckles in her ear.

She chuckled again. "Guess we'll just have to wait and see." She just sat there, leaned against the back of the chair, and him, and let him play with her neck. She was enjoying it.

He just smiled as he started to nibble on her ear.

"Hmm I think I will like that."

He puts her closer to him.

"Good." Whispered as he nibbled on her ear. At this rate they would never get around to their walk, but who was she to complain?

"If you want me to stop just let me know."

He just chuckles.

"So what other little places on you will drive you wild?"

Yes he asked that.

She chuckled. "Now if I told you that, it would take all the fun out of exploring, wouldn't it?" Hell no she didn't want him to stop. She was enjoying this, she had not enjoyed a man's touch in a while. Just how long was a while? The world may never know.

"Yes that would take all the fun out of exploring huh?"

He moves over to the other side of her neck and bites down on the crook of her neck again. He held her there knowing that she would do something.

As he moved to the other side her hand dropped from the back of his head. Her head tilted to the other side to allow him access. She grinned as he bit down on her again. the goose bumps spreading across her flesh once again. Her other hand came up to the back of his neck. She turned as she pulled on his neck, tearing her flesh from his grip. She felt them scratch against her. She growled as she turned in her chair and pulled his head towards hers. She captured his lips with her own, once again parting his lips with her tongue. She rose to a standing position as she kissed him. The hand that had been on the back of his neck slid down and across their chests up to the back of his neck from it's proper side. Her other hand went to the back of his head while she grabbed a fist full of his hair. She pressed their lips together as tightly as they could, causing the color to drain from her lips. She was devouring him with the kiss, deepening it as much as she could. She felt their teeth hit each others while they kissed. She was like an animal that had just been released from a cage she was so aggressive. She walked him backwards towards the wall and pressed him up against it.

This was a little different but he liked it non the less as she turned around in her chair he was wondering what she was doing as then as she kissed harshly he realized what she was doing. He just grinned before her lips contacted his. His tongue battled for dominance as they kissed, As she got up from her chair and grabbed his hair she could hear a growl coming from his throat but the main difference that happened was when she slammed him against the wall if she looked into his eyes as they kissed his eyes changed from the normal greenish blue to a deep amber of that of a wolf. Now this was getting fun. He put a hand on the hand that was on his head and pulled it away knowing that it ripped out a little of his hair. Did he mind? now at all he was enjoying himself way to much. He put his other hand on her other hand and put them over their heads as he pushed forward one step to get him away from the wall as he turned them again and slammed her against the wall her. Two can play this game he thought as another growl could be heard from his throat.

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His growl, it was not that of a cat as hers had been. That was a good thing, for him. He had remembered her request to not become a cat around her. This pleased her, and at this moment, he wanted her pleased. Because the alternative would hurt. Once she had him pinned to the wall he pulled her hands away and turned them so that he had her pinned to the wall, with their hands above her head. So it wasn't just his tongue that sought dominance? That was ok, she could have fun with him if he was willing to return her aggression to this degree. She did open her eyes when she was slammed to the wall.

She looked into his golden orbs and growled again. Such sexy wolf eyes he had. But that only meant one thing. Another wolf seeking to dominate her, oh how fun. She had an alpha, time to show him who was dominant here. She laughed into the still very aggressive kiss. Her right foot went forward and locked behind his left ankle. she used her leg strength, because women had stronger lower bodies and men had stronger upper bodies ... most of the time, to pull his leg towards the wall, knocking him off balance. With any luck, they would topple to the floor with her on top of him.

What was the laugh for? He did not know, all he knew was that he was having fun and so was she. But when he felt her leg wrap around his to get him to fall down that was fine, he just used his strength to to keep pushing with his left leg. So in a sense, as she pulled him to fall down he spun them around so they would fall with her on the bottom, he did have her hands above her head to this was going to be a little rough. With a slam they were on the ground with him on top of her, her arms still above her head and he growled again, Letting her know who was going to win this.

She laughed as they started to fall. Until they hit and the wind was knocked out of her. But that was fine, she got her breath back rather quickly, even while they kissed. She was stronger than she looked and she twisted rather quickly, rolling them over. Now she was on top and had him pinned to the floor. She growled again and even nipped at his tongue. She didn't stay laying flat atop him though, she brought her legs up on either side of him and bent at the knees so she was now strateling his lap. This also gave her added leverage in pinning his arms over his head. She continued to kiss him, her head leaning from one side to the other. Through all this wrestling around, their lips had not yet parted.

He just smirked as she rolled them around. So this is what she wanted to do....ok he can do the same. He moved a little to see what he could do. Yes she had him pinned to the ground but that was fine he was about to get her back. With that thought, every muscle from his abs to his back, all the way up to his shoulders and and forearms, went into action as a surge of energy went through them. With in mere seconds he pushed up on his arms, pushed her arms back. He got himself up, well at least into a sitting position, and clamped her arms behind her back. Each new position producing a growl.

She giggled some more when he pinned her arms behind her back. But she was still on her knees even if it was in his lap. So she flexed her own ab muscles to lean towards him, straightening her legs as she did so. This would lay him back down. Then she would bring her bare feet up to press against his calves, this would lock her legs and make it a lot harder to move her. She nipped at his tongue again playfully.

He just growled again as he felt her push him back down. He did not mind that. He did not mind being put back on his back. Hell he was having so much fun, not even a cold shower would be able to help him. But he did not care, as he was laid back down his hands became very close to her rear. So what does he do? He puts both of her wrist into his one hand while the other went to her rear and pinched her.

He Pinched Her!!! When he did so she squeaked and her body reacted on instinct. Which meant, in her current position, a jump would go like this. Her legs, unable to straighten as they were, would apply pressure to his calves, as that was where her feet were. This would propel her body in an upwards motion along his body. And that very motion would lead to her groin area rubbing against his groin area. But it also pulled her arms slightly more taught, and added more of her body weight to his upper body. Putting her head into the position needed to deepen the kiss. But oh the consequences of that moment of rubbing.

The rubbing got him to moan, and it was a rather loud moan. Oh, how he liked that motion. He chuckled a little through the kiss as he slowly lifted up with his hips to have her grind against him once more, as he pinched her rear for the second time. He started to let her tongue into his mouth more so he could suck and nibble on her tongue.

Oh, now he'd done it. He was lifting his hips towards her. And if that wasn't bad enough, he pinched her again. Which caused a repeat of the squeak and the previous movements. She couldn't help but moan as they moved together in such a way. If they continued, rules could get broken, her rules. So she moved her hips to the side just slightly, so she was off center. Of course, now the zipper of her jeans was no longer centered on him, her leg was. Still preferable to broken rules. She began to suck on his tongue in return for his sucking on hers. She couldn't bite him back with her tongue sucked out of her mouth in such a way, but now, he couldn't bite on hers either.

He moaned again at her movement. Oh, he was having a hell of a time controlling himself. Could he keep himself in control? Not if this kept up. So he removed his hand from her rear and pushed on the floor even with her being the way she was on him he was still able to turn them around so he was on top, and he slowly moved his mouth, with a groan, away from her. He put his forehead to hers.

"I am sorry, but if this keeps up, something is going to happen."

He gives her a quick peck on the lips.

As they rolled over and she was now on bottom she giggled into their kiss. Once she was on her back under him she brought her legs up on either side of him and put her feet flat on the floor. When he broke the kiss and spoke to her she laughed. Both feet left the floor so that her ankles could lock behind his back. She returned his peck to her lips before she spoke. "I agree, so should we go for our walk. Though, could I get my hands back now before I dislocate a shoulder?" She winked at him and giggled again.

His eyes widened before they turned to slits.

"Why you..."

That is all he said as he moved his hips, just to tease her, and he bites down on the crook of her collar bone that does not have scratches on it. As he did he released her hands so she could bring them up.

She slid her hands out from behind her back and brought them up placing one on the back of his neck and the other on the back of his head. A moan escaped her mouth from his hips moving against her. At this rate they would spend the day teasing each other and never getting around to their walk. She loved the feel of his teeth on her flesh. She was already starting to feel the pain from where she had ripped her neck from his grip. That was going to leave some definite marks.

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He got an evil thought. 'Well if she wants to tease, so can I.' So what does he do? With his strength, he put an arm under her, and as he removed his mouth from her neck, he put an hand on the ground and moved his legs so he was on his knees, and then he started to lift them both up. He finally got them both up, since her legs were wrapped around him, and he slamed them both into the wall making his mouth smother hers, kissing her deeply as he again ground his hips into hers.

She moaned as he lifted them up. She was rather shocked as he managed to get them both up like he did. Then he slammed her back into the wall and was devouring her mouth again. Her moan was like a growl, almost, when he began to grind against her again. This was going to be the down fall of them both. He was driving her mad. How was she supposed to keep from breaking her rules if this kept up?

He pulled his mouth away from hers and looked at her with those amber wolf eyes. He smiled as he looked at her, and there was something about his smile that was odd. If she looked hard enough she would realize that his incisors were a little longer, like that of the wolf.

"Do you want me to stop, or keep on going?"

He growled, again, at her ready to attack.

She looked into those sexy golden eyes. "If we continue, it could get dangerous." She meant it to. She wasn't worried about shifting. But his teeth had not been the only ones growing, and that was one of the reasons she had not bit him back.

"Oh really, how dangerous?"

He leaned forward grazing his teeth against her neck, letting them stay at the crook of her neck. He was normally not like this. Not at all, but when he was around her it was intoxicating.

Lips curled back to expose a mouth full of sharp teeth that had not been there previous. This was the most control she had ever had over her other form. Which was odd given she was loosing all her other control. "Very dangerous." If she did shift, it would be a panther dealing with a wolf, and he was not pack. That did not bode well for either of them.

He just smiled as he grazed down harder on her just before her skin broke. To keep her up on against the wall he put his hands under her rear supporting her. He decided to pinch both her cheeks before he put his palms on her rear. He slowly started to move his teeth against her skin again, making sure not to break the skin.

She growled as he bit down on her harder. He had not broken the skin, yet. She loved the feel of his hands traveling down her body. When he had his hands on her butt he pinched her again, both cheeks this time. she squeaked again and her legs tightened as her butt rose slightly. She felt his teeth hit against her collar bone then. She grabbed two handfuls of his hair and pulled his head back off of her neck. She looked at him for a moment before she kissed him yet again, deeply, forcibly. She was careful of both of them's teeth though, drawing blood was not what this was about.

He growled again as he was relieved from her neck. As she kissed him deeply again he not once, but twice, ground himself against her. He pulled back from the kiss to look deep into her emerald green cat eyes.

"If you do that again, I will not be held responsible for what happens."

He was giving her a fair warning. He still had his hands on her rear.

She grinned at him. "Do what again?" Then she pulled him back into the kiss. When he ground against her, twice, she knew that they had to stop, before it was too late. But her body was screaming at her to keep going. Her heart and even her mind were saying no. But the problem was getting her body to listen.

That kiss, that is all it took. He removed them from the wall and, from memory, walked into the bedroom. With their weight added together they went down on the bed hard. They even bounced before they laid still. He had not touched her body....yet, but it was getting hard to keep control. He had both hands by her head grabbing the sheets so he would not touch her body, but that was getting harder....

Why did he have to do that? She had brought it on herself, hadn't she? But with the bouncing down upon the bed, her body finally heard her head. She wasn't sure why her body started to listen, just that it had. She broke the kiss and unwrapped her legs from his body. She scrambled out from under him to the head of the bed as she said no in what almost sounded like a voice of panic. Once she was clear of him and sitting upon her pillows at the head of her bed she drew her knees up to her chest and hugged them to her body. She lowered her head to rest upon her knees as she spoke. "I'm sorry." That was all she could say at that moment.

He felt her move under him and then scramble out from underneath him. He heard her say 'no' and it scared him. He had done something really really wrong and he did not know what to do. His teeth turned back to being normal and his eyes changed back to their normal greenish blue color and he slowly got up and just stood there not knowing what to do..... All he could say was.

"I am so terribly sorry Tasha I should not have done that."

He looked pale as he looked down at his hands, they were shaking.

She never moved as she spoke to him. "It's not your fault. I'm sorry Ha'Ruil. It's me, it's my fault. Please forgive me." She knew that they were pushing things too far. She knew she needed to stop, she should have stopped before they got anywhere near as far as they did. She felt horrible for what she had done. She knew that the curse was real now, because how was he ever going to want to speak to her again after this?

He put his hands into fist and brought them down to his side. He was still breathing heavily, but he looked at her with sorrow in his eyes.

"Granted, I have only known you for a small time, so there is nothing to forgive. I can only hope that one of these days you can forgive me for what I have done this day."

He sat down on the corner of the bed his hands in his lap scared he might do something again.

She looked up at him. Her tears were streaking down her face, no make-up this time, she had not put it on yet. "Ha'Ruil, there is nothing for me to forgive you for. I am the one with the boundaries, I am the one who should have stopped it long ago." She put her head back down. It was hard for her to look at him, she believed in her mind that this would be the last time she saw him. She was starting to shiver slightly, trying not to burst out crying. her tears quietly falling was bad enough in her opinion.

He saw her crying and a small smile came onto his face. He took a giant breath before he got up and slowly started to walk over to where she was. He gathered up his courage and sat down next to her. He slowly extended his arm and he gently put his hand on her head stroking her hair.

"There there, I guess we both should have stopped a while ago."

He did not want to see her cry.

His touch was comforting. But she wasn't a fan of her head being stroked in such a way. She wouldn't be rude about it or try to sound mean, but she felt the need to say something. The muffled sounds came from her slowly and calmly. "Ha'Ruil, could you please not pet me when I am human?" He could hug her, he could sit by her with his arm across her shoulders, but when he stroked her hair with there being no other physical contact with it, it felt like being petted. And she didn't really like that too much. But she was very very glad that he had moved closer to her. It was making her feel a tiny bit better. And his words almost put a smile on her face as well.

He slowly moved his hand away from her head.

"I am sorry I did not know I was offending you."

With that he slowly and carefully put his arm around her as he sat closer to her. He sighed

"So.....now what?"

He did not know what to do in this kind of situation.

She looked up for a moment. "Not offended, just a personal preference." She laid her head back on her knees. When he moved even closer and put his arm around her, she leaned against him, still in the same position, just sort of a roll to be closer to him.

He just sat there for a while with his arm around her. He just stayed quiet, it seemed like it was one of those times to be just that quiet. They both had thinking to do. He did not want to leave her. To hell with that damned curse that she said she had. He would use every fiber in his being to show her otherwise.

She stayed leaned against him sobbing silently. She was so glad that he had not left, but at the moment that would go unsaid. She would tell him of that fact later. For now, she was just going to quietly let him hold her and start to feel better.

He put his head down on hers. And he slowly closed his eyes. He did not want to see her cry, but what else could he do? So he just let her cry her eyes out, and let her know he was here for her by just giving her a little hug with the one arm that was around her.

She, too, had her eyes closed. If they sat there in silence too long, they might fall asleep. She knew she might. But there were worse things than falling asleep with him like this.

His breathing started to become shallow, yes he was starting to go to sleep. He still kept his arm around her pulling her as close as he could. He was starting to mumble something about her and smelling good. He moved his head a little but still kept it on her head.

She hadn't heard him mumble. Almost as soon as he laid his head on hers, she was asleep. And as her body went limp from the sleeping state, her arms fell down from hugging her knees and her legs fell to the side putting them against the outside of his legs. She was out like a light, her tears starting to dry.

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Levi heard anything coming from the bedroom in a while so she decided to go in there to check on her human. When she walked in there, she tilted her head. There, on the bed, was the man that her human had been talking to, with his head on top of Tasha's and Tasha was leaning on him. To Levi this looked uncomfortable, so she walked over to the bed and jumped on it lightly so the bed would shift a little. They would somewhat fall down on the bed a little bit more. Once their heads fell on the bed she got over onto the corner of the bed and laid down to go to sleep too.

He was still sleeping when his body shifted down on the bed. His head was in a odd position. So as a reflex his body moved a little to stretch out, but what ever was in his arms he did not mind, so he pulled it closer and put his free arm around the waist of what was laying next to him. He mumbled a little again before sleep completely took him over.

Tasha, too, had been shifted into an odd position. so she moved in her sleep. She brought her arms back up as she laid on her side facing Ha'Ruil. Yes, she was aware of who was laying next to her, she could smell him. But she drew her arms into her chest as she felt his arms around her. She rolled so she was partially on her back so she could breathe as she feel asleep with her head against his chest.

He shifted a little bit more so he was on his back. So when he shifted, she shifted as well, so that his arm was under her holding her close, as it just so happened that her head was laying on his chest. His breathing and heart beat were slow, showing that he was fast asleep but if you tried to take away what was in his arms a person would find out that he held her there and he would not move a muscle to disturb her.

He had moved so that now he was being used as her pillow and not just someone she was resting against. So one arm moved out from her chest and slid across his body to rest across him. Her other arm though, remained folded against her chest. But now, she was closer to being on her stomach, rather than her back, and she was much more comfortable.






Tasha opened her eyes and saw that she was sleeping on Ha'Ruil's chest with her arm over him. His arms were around her. She blinked a few times before she turned her head slightly to see that they were both still fully dressed. She breathed a sigh of relief. She had no idea what time it was, and she could feel Leviathan sleeping against her legs. She didn't want to move for fear of waking him up. He seemed so peaceful. She heard some noises out in the hall. She caught her breath and thought to herself 'Jesse'. Was he headed back to the room? He was going to see her in Ha'Ruil's arms. Oh well, could be worse.

He was slowly waking up, but when he started to move his right a little, it was stuck. Then he remembered what happened just before he went to sleep he was holding Tasha, And since he was a little tired still he just stayed there not moving since he did not want to open his eyes. If she was still asleep he did not want to wake her. But his arm that was under her did start to move, making little circles on her back with his hand.

A smile slowly crept across her lips. He was awake. A slight moan escaped her throat before she spoke. "Thank you Ha'Ruil." She still chose to not move as she was enjoying the little circles he was making on her back.

He slowly opened up eyes and looked down at her. He just smiles.

"For what dear?"

He just kept on doing those small circles on her back. He could stay like this for a little bit longer.

She looked up at him and smiled. "For still being here when I woke up." She seriously thought that she was going to wake up alone, that he would be gone.

He lets out a slight chuckle.

"And why dear, would I leave, when I have an angel in my arms?"

He used the arm that was around her to pull her close. He leaned down and gave her a small kiss on the lips.

His kiss returned she started to say something. "The cur ... You know what, let's not have that discussion again." She laughed. She still didn't want to move, but she thought that maybe his arm could be falling asleep so ... "Come on, let's get up. Jesse should be back soon." She wasn't sure why he hadn't come back yet, but then she remembered that D.J. had video games in Casie's room. That could be why he had stayed over there so long. Or maybe he was just talking with Casie, it could have been just about anything.

"But I like it right here."

He kept his arm around her, smiling at her.

"It is nice and comfortable right where I am."

She smiled at him. "I don't want your arm to fall asleep on you." She laid still, as he had said he wanted to stay where he was.

He chuckles a little.

"My arm is perfectly fine dear."

He lets her know that it was by doing small circles again on her back.

She slowly closed her eyes and they rolled back into the back of her head. That was such a wonderful feeling. It was making her so relaxed and calm. How he managed to make her feel this way was beyond her comprehension.

"Now then what should we do for the rest of the day?"

He just smiled as she closed her eyes. At least he was doing a good thing.

She smiled even more. "Someone promised me a walk." Oh that was so wonderful, those little circles upon her back.

"Well then I guess we should get ready huh?"

With that he stops putting circles on her back as he pulls her close again giving her a long and deep kiss.

She nodded as he pulled her into another one of those fantastic long and deep kisses. She moaned as they kissed, bringing her hand up to the side of his face.

He just kissed her before he let her go and slowly lifts up.

"I guess we should get ready huh?

She was just getting lost in the kiss when he broke it. She laughed when he asked his question. "Yes, lets go for our walk. I just need to freshen up and get my shoes on." She moved to get up from the bed, still chuckling.

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He watched her get up from the bed his eyes never leaving her body.

"I know I have said this once, but I will say it again. You are very beautiful dear."

He finally gets up himself and sees Levi laying there on the corner of the bed. He slowly extends his hand to pat her on the stomach.

She shook her head as she grabbed her hair brush off the dresser and headed into the bathroom. She was chuckling as well, though she wasn't sure he would hear her. "Thank you." She closed the bathroom door behind her. Leviathan rolled over more to let him rub her belly. She liked getting her belly rubbed. She even started to purr. Which she was not planning on doing, but she was still half asleep and he had gotten to her belly before she realized it. So she simply rolled over onto her back to let him rub her more. Tasha came back out of the bathroom after a few minutes. She had her hair brushed, her teeth brushed and her make-up done. She had definitely done some freshening up in there. She walked over to the chest she kept her shoes in and dug out a pair of wooden mules with a four inch heel. She slid them on her feet and smiled at him. "Bathroom is all yours." She thought it was funny that he had caught Leviathan before she could escape.

He was rubbing Levi's stomach when he heard Tasha come out of the bathroom.

"Aw, you hid your freckles."

He just smiled at her. And with that he removed his from Levi's stomach and goes over to put his boots on. When he got his boots on he took the sweats and pulled them over the top of the boots. When he was done he stood back up and just looked at her.

"So shall we go?"

She chuckled. "The make-up has sunscreen in it so I don't get skin cancer." She walked towards the door. "Levi, you want to come?" Levi had been out all night so she just looked over at Tasha and rolled over to go back to sleep. Tasha chuckled. "Ok then." With that they headed out the door.

He just smiles as he walks over to the door.

"Ladies first."

He did a light bow to show her that he was not going to move until she got out first.

She chuckled and stepped out into the hallway. Casie's room was just across the hall and down one door, Jesse was in there playing video games, she could hear them. She just laughed and shook her head as she waited for him to pull the door closed.

He walked out saying good bye to Levi before closing the door. He let her lock the door before he did something daring. That was put his hand into hers before they started to walk down the steps.

She let him take her hand. She didn't even think about it. She didn't care if they were seen together holding hands, they weren't doing anything wrong.

"Come on lets go."

And with that they went down the stairs and out the back to the Garden.

"My, this is a beautiful place here."

That is all he could say. With that he extends the hand that was not occupied by Tasha's hand and touches the flowers here and there.

She smiled as she watched him enjoy the foliage. She loved the look on his face. He was like a child with a new toy. It was nice.

He sees a nice budded rose with its leaves already extended and he stops, leaning down a little. When he stood backup he had that rose in his hand. He twirls it seeing it spin before moving his hand over to Tasha.

"A lovely rose for a Lovely Lady."

She smiled and blushed as she took the rose. "Thank you Ha'Ruil." She brought the rose to her nose to take in the lovely perfume of the lovely bud.

"You are very welcome my dear. Do you come out here often to take a look at the garden?"

He just looked at her. He honestly did not know if she did or not.

She slowly shook her head. "Not really. I have been out of my room more since I met you, than probably the entire time I had been here up to that point." It was true, she had been working on a case of agoraphobia.

"Really why is that?"

He was actually curious about why she has not been outside.

She shrugged her bare shoulders. "I don't know, just been rather busy in my room I guess." Busy making it a mess. She had somehow managed to get it cleaned up just in time for Jesse to get there. Women's intuition she guessed. She was even happier that she had cleaned it up now that Ha'Ruil had stayed the night. Though, she would never have allowed him in if there was still a mess in there.

((Fin, it moved to the garden at this point.))

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