Lolli shoved her hands into her pockets to shield them from the chilly air. She hated hospitals; the smell, the look... everything! Dave would be fine, Ruth was there to watch over him, but Lolli couldn't get over how pissed off she was. Not to mention on top of that, her veins were itching beneath her skin for a score of Never. As she approached, Lolli scared a couple of kids away from a toy store filled with Christmas gifts.

She glared at the fat plastic Santa and the mechanical elves in the window. She hated children, she hated toys, she hated Christmas and every other holiday. She stomped away from the window, "Bah humbagh!"

Finally, she caught sight of a bench at a bus stop on the street corner. Lolli stumbled her way over to it and laid on the cold, hard wood. She shivered inside her faux fur coat and white leather boots. Lolli tightly closed her eyes, trying to drown out the cold world surrounding her. She told herself she would only stay here for a moment. That she would return to see Dave in awhile. If he was really that intent on impressing her then he must've really wanted her love... or else really wanted to fuck her silly... which he did anyway.

Either way she would find out, but for now, all she wanted to do was stay here on this cold bench and listen to the sound of rush hour traffic. Lolli was surprised when someone draped something over her cold limbs. Reluctantly, she opened her eyes. A man was standing in front of the bench. His back was turned to her. She saw he had given her his trenchcoat to use as a blanket. Lolli narrowed her eyes at the charitable act.

"I didn't ask for your pity. Take it somewhere else! I don't want it." Lolli kicked the trenchcoat to the ground.

She could have sworn he didn't move, yet the coat had somehow ended up in his hands. Lolli cast the thought aside, her mind was probably just playing unfriendly tricks on her. She rested her head on the bench once more and made herself comfortable. As her eyes closed, she felt the warmth of the coat around her once more. Without a moment's notice her sky orbs flared open.

"I said you can take your fucking kindness and shove it up your a-!" Her sentence came to a halt.

His eyes were level with hers. He had knelt down to meet her gaze. In that instant Lolli knew he was one of them. She wanted to yell at him, she wanted to scream and shout, but she couldn't force anything out of her own throat. "Peace, Mortal, peace. Rest now. You will need your strength."

She fell victim to his enchantment. Lolli's head returned to it's spot nestled on her arm. He pulled the coat up to her neck. Her eyes were beginning to get heavy. He smiled at her. "You fascinate me, Human. I would know your name."

Against her will, she recited her name to the faerie stranger. He repeated it, allowing the name to roll off his tongue. She could not keep her eyes open, but before she drifted off into the realm of sleep, Lolli was able to catch his name. She whispered it to herself as her mind left the real world behind and entered into the world of dreams, "Tala... thain..."


I might actually start updating this fic regularly again. I have to admit, though, the main reason I'm updating right now is because I'm cleaning up my stories a little bit. This was originally a one-shot I posted separately under the title "Of All Things" and that's why it's so short. Now, however, it will be used as an explanation for what happened to Lolli after she left the Hospital (considering that had been brought up in the previous chapter).

I'd still love to hear your thoughts, even if you're just wanting to yell at me for not updating in... forever XD