It was a cold and windy December day in London. The year was 2015, and many things had changed since the turn of the last century. The only thing that has been a constant without change is the hustle and bustle of the people and the always busy streets as everyone rushed about, trying to get the items and products needed for the nearing Christmas holiday.
One of the afore mentioned rushing people stood out amongst the crowd with a shock of bright red hair, which was currently held up in a bun, and equally bright green eyes hidden behind a pair of lenses.
Grell Sutcliff was making her way through the thick crowd of Christmas shoppers, actually sidestepping a few who didn't move out of the way. She was trying to get to the Gallery Gifts store hoping to find or at least order custom made two elegant glass paperweights in the shape of pigeons.
Why pigeons? Well, William had this odd love for pigeons, he even kept and cared for a few in a room of his apartment that he used as messenger pigeons. And don't tell anyone, but he also had a hidden curio cabinet in his room where he kept many small glass figurines, which is why Grell had decided on the paperweights.
She had surprised her coworkers, with the exception of one Ronald Knox, by completing her paperwork early. She needed time to prepare everything perfectly for the evening. She knew that as the supervisor her dear Will would come home late, which gave her just enough time to get dinner ready and a little something she had planned.
After getting to the store and buying the paperweights (she thought she had the best of lucks, actually finding them on such short notice), she went into a deserted alleyway where she created a portal to the Reaper Realm, making sure no one saw her. Using the key to his apartment he had given her centuries prior in case of emergencies, she put her shopping bag down on his bed and went to work in the kitchen.
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To those wondering, yes I'm aware that Grell is male. The reason I used female pronouns is firstly because this chapter was basically in Grell's POV, and she always refers to herself as a woman. Second, Yana has said that Grell is an Okama, which is the way people in Japan call a transsexual person, so it's also out of respect for this group.