Disclaimer: I do not own any of these surprisingly hot characters, they belong to Kim Harrison I'm just playing with them for a while.
Three days and three nights she stood over her bruised, broken and beautiful friend, not once had she left her side to eat or to change. Rachel's blood clinging to her. She turned down Jenks pleading voice asking her to eat or to sleep. All she could do not to break down right there was to be able to look at Rachel and hope to see that infector smile play along her love face again.
"Ivy where am I, Ivy?" came the voice of her angel. Ivy wrapped her arms around her.
"it's okay Rachel, your in hospital. You had an accident in the sanctuary. Do you remember anything?" she asked unaware that those four words would trigger Rachel's subconscious and bring everything ivy said in the car flooding back. Too afraid to admit what if it all admit what if all meant or to even hope that ivy truly what Rachel had felt for these last week, she shook head and said "No Ivy, should I remember anything in particular?"
The vampire's relief were evident in her eyes. Just then Jenks choose to enter. "ivy for the love of Turn go eat and crash for a few hours...oh my god Rachel! Are you okay? Do you need anything? Rachel interrupted him with a wave of her hand and spoke to the pixie, "Jenks you have nothing to apologise for so stop rambling. I am just glad you are both here,"
She thought maybe it may not be a great idea to ask Ivy about her blood caked skin and clothes. With these words she drifted off to sleep, and Ivy's words repeated in her mind. She made decision to tell Ivy how she felt over dinner as soon as she was out of this god forsaken place.
Two days later:
Rachel lay on the coach whilst Ivy was on a run. "Jenks get in here!" she shouted. The small pixie came flying through the window, and asked "what do you want witch?, you just called me away from my wife" finished complaining the out of breath pixie.
"I need you to help me make Ivy dinner" she explained.
"oh really did this have anything to do with a certain crush you have on a certain vampire" retorted the all to pleased pixie before continuing. "for the love of honey and anything sweet you do realised your bed ridden right? Anyway I was hoping you had more sense and since you clearly don't I'll help you." Jenks seemed quite happy with him self.
Just then Ivy decided to enter and with her she carried a box of Chinese.
"Thank you Ivy, you just saved me from the dinner of doom from little miss witch here." he shouted this as he flew out of the window he came in from with startling quickness.
"What was that all about?" asked a very confused Ivy. Rachel could feel her face reddening as it did every time Ivy was near since she excepted her feelings for the vampire. "oh, I was going to make you dinner, I figured it was only fair but seeing as you, my prince charming feel the need to feed me, tell me what did you get?" that was her way of changing the subjected very subtly. Ivy was only more confused so she asked Rachel, "why so nervous?". " I am not nervous, just bored" retorted Rachel with a very obvious quiver in her voice. Ivy shrugged her shoulders and started eating but not before she shoved the second box towards Rachel.
They sat eating and watching until Rachel could not take it any longer.
"Ivy I have to talk to you, erm, I need to say something but eh I" she stuttered and ivy could smell the fear and nervousness rolling of her.
"hey you know you can tell me anything…you know that right" said Ivy trying to reassure her; but not sure if she wanted to know any more. When Rachel could not stop her self she blurted out " I heard what you said in the car!" ivy jumped like she was on fire and shouted back "what? You heard what?, Rachel please tell me what you heard?" asked a very terrified Ivy. "Everything" Rachel answered before continuing " and I love you two. I have felt like this for a while know and I really will understand if you don't feel the same any more goddess knows I have kept you waiting." she said averting her eyes that were know brimming with unshed tears. She got up to walk away when she felt a delicate hand wrap around her wrist. "Rachel please wait! Said Ivy.