Hi.
Wow. Chapter Ten already? Feels like I uploaded chapter one only yesterday, but of course I didn't.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inception.
Meghan.
Chapter Ten
Ariadne.
She planned to surprise them when she walked into the warehouse that morning. Her doctor agreed to let her own early, only if she didn't over work her left arm. Over and over, she promised him, and was delighted when she saw Gabby's car pull up to the hospital. "Ariadne! You're okay!" She squealed as Ariadne got in the car. "Of course I am Gabby. I would die on you until I've been your maid of honor" She joked. "Well, Ariadne. By the looks of things I'm going to be yours before you're going to be mine" Gabby giggled. "What? Is this about Arthur?" Ariadne accused, staring at her friend while she was driving. "Maybe. That night before you were, you know, attacked, I put my spy skills to the test" Gabby said mischievously.
"You didn't!"
"I had to know what kissing you felt like" Gabby says, failing at mocking Arthur's voice.
"And your point is?"
"He feels something for you Ariadne. Something more than Chase ever could. If it was me in your shoes, honey, I wouldn't let this man go"
"You're starting to sound like my mother,…" Ariadne murmurs.
"If I was your mom Ariadne, I'd be whipping you with a belt because of your foolishness" Gabby says, serious dropping in on her voice. "Can you just drop me off here? The place where I work is on the next block" Ariadne says, trying to get out of the conversation. "You're already going back to work? Oh yeah. Arthur is going to be there!" Gabby giggled. "Shut up!" Ariadne said, softly punching her friend's arm. Gabby pulled up to the warehouse, and looked at it. "This is where you work?" She asked. "Yeah. What's wrong with it?" Ariadne said. "Well, it's just, I thought because of Arthur's expensive suits you would work somewhere, well, nicer" Gabby admitted. "Well no. This is where I work and, get out of here! Don't you have classes?" Ariadne asks. "Oh right" Gabby says, driving off.
Ariadne opened the door, and peered inside. Arthur was talking to Eames about something Eames was holding. "Hi guys," She said, stepping into the warehouse. Arthur turns and faces her, and small smile appearing on his lips. Ariadne walks over to them, and Arthur surprises her by giving her a small hug. "Nice to see you're back early" He whispers in her ear. Ariadne smiles in response, and says hello to Eames. "So, what were you two talking about?" She asks, eyeing the shape in Eames' hand. "It's a sedative that Yusuf sent us. He says he tested it out, and it should make dreams with two levels more stable. Stable enough that if you die, no limbo, but you'd wake up back on the first level" Eames said, showing her the chemical. "Cool," Ariadne says, trying to find words to describe it. "Let's just say if Arty over here screws up, we won't have to worry about it"
"I see, and I've been wondering. The kick that I have to give Arthur, what is it going to be?" She asks. "When the timer is down to two minutes, you are going to play the music. I have to be awake on the
first level in order to ride Eames' kick back up" Arthur explains.
"So basically I just play music for you?"
"Yep" Came Arthur's reply.
"You should probably show me the levels today, so if we have to make adjustments we can" Arthur adds after a slow silence. "Okay," Ariadne says slowly. She walks over to a lawn chair, and realizes how long it's been since only she and Arthur were under. Alone.
He carefully slips the IV under her skin, and does the same for his. "Eames?" He asks the Englishman. Eames nods, and presses the button. Ariadne could feel her body start relaxing. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, she was standing next to Arthur in an expensive looking car dealership. "Good job," He said, looking around. "Does it look like somewhere you'd buy a car?" She teased. Arthur says something that she couldn't hear, and she pulled him down a long hallway. "This is the maze part, Harrison's office is to the right, down the second hallway, and three doors down on the left" Ariadne said as she led him through it. There were lots of small hallways and offices that all looked the same.
"I could easily see someone getting lost in here," Arthur says once they reach Harrison's fake office. "That's the point right? Or to hide" She responds, agreeing with him. "Ariadne, your wonderful" Arthur smiles, at that moment, Ariadne could feel her heart melt. "I should say the same about you. You're the one Eames wants to kill because of how good you do your job" She winks back. Arthur quietly laughs. Ariadne suddenly realizes that she's never heard him laugh, only that small chuckle he gives off sometimes.
"He still that pissed about being gay?" Arthur asks. Ariadne dramtically sighs, and looks up at him. "Yes. I can hear him cursing your name sometimes when you're out" She says, laying sarcasm heavily in her voice. Arthur raised an eyebrow. "Wow Ariadne. Never heard sarcasm in your voice before" He said playfully. Ariadne shook her head. "Yes you have, you're just toying with me" She said, narrowing her eyes. Somehow, he got from being across the room from her to stand directly in front of her. And by directly infront of her, she means like, she could feel his breath.
"How do you do that?" She asked, looking up to meet his eyes. "What?" He asked mischeviously. "You know, get from there to here in a blink of an eye" She said, eyeing him. "Wait.. you don't have teleportation powers I'm not aware of right?"
Arthur chuckled. "Not that I'm aware of," He said. He looked into her eyes, and suddenly he bent down and kissed her forehead. "Come on, we should be waking up soon" He said. Ariadne nodded, thinking to herself, why does he do this to me? With a smirk, she realizes that he only does it to annoy her.
Sorry it hasn't been good in a while, I think I'm having temporary writers block :/
I'll make the next chapter good though… I hope…