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Lullaby for the night

Tania was awakened by soft noises… the first one she noticed was the slowly breathing in her ear, George's nose was there blowing the hairs of her neck. The second one was his heart beating against her back; the soft thumping was relaxing her. The third one the waves of the sea against the rocks…

She stayed in silence just marveling at what was transpiring… her eyes focused on the little window above the sink, the curtains floating with each breeze…

Then a little squeeze sent her to earth… she looked down and saw George's hand was on her left breast, groping her through the thin material of the blanket… she wanted to laugh but suppressed it…

She felt him stirring and closed her eyes pretending to be asleep…

"You awake?" he asked in a husky voice.

"Hmm…" she mumbled in response, ever so slowly she felt him take his hand away from her chest.

"You hungry?" he asked plopping on his elbows and whispering in her ear…

She turned in his arms and looked up to his incredibly warm brown eyes… she blushed and giggled…

"What's so funny?" he asked smiling down at her…

"I don't know… just this… I am happy…" she said while tracing patterns on his chest, she loved his chest…

He gently took her hand in his and kissed her palm, she blushed more deeply and sighed in contempt… he bent down and kissed her jaw and neck up to her ear then down to her shoulder…

Suddenly he stopped… They both stopped and gaped at each other… they heard a noise… George immediately stood and started to drag his underwear…

"George! Who's out there?" she whispered harshly while looking for her underwear.

"Here!" he said, she turned in time to catch her panties.

"Oh God this is so embarrassing…" she put her panties and grabbed her bra.

George put his pants on and walked to the window above the sink… he looked outside and saw what was making the noises…he sighed…

"Relax… it's just Lullaby…" he mumbled and turned in time to see her battling to close her jeans, barefooted and shirtless…

She turned and walked to him…

"Oh my God! George, is that a unicorn?" she yelled…

"Yeah, her name's Lullaby… Charlie named her…" he smiled she rushed to grab her blouse and half buttoned it, and then walked outside.

George followed her, he was shirtless and his hair was as messy as hers…

She stood in the middle of the place watching the silvery creature its lovely azure gaze and the glow it seemed to emit…

"This is unreal…" she muttered watching the animal

The horse turned a bit and his eyes seemed to glint when she saw George, Tania admired the creature walking to George and frowned when saw the clearly ignoring attitude…

"What's with it ignoring me?" Tania asked putting her hands on her hips, George laughed a bit upon seeing for it was funny indeed, the blouse revealed a lot of her cleavage and her hair moved with the wind making it messier…

"Unicorns are not fond of non-magical people… they prefer a wizard…that'd be me… besides she already knows me…" he said running his hands on the creature's back.

"Hmm…" she murmured stepping closer to the animal. "What's her name?" she asked deep in thought.

"Lullaby… Charlie named her Lullaby…" he repeated with a smile.

"Okay… Lullaby!" she exclaimed and walked to the front.

Lullaby seemed to notice her and got behind George clearly not pleased…

George laughed for few more minutes Tania tried to approach the creature to no avail, Lullaby clearly hated her…

"Whatever! It's official! Unicorns are not my favorite magical creature anymore!" she yelled and crossed her arms over her chest, she closed her eyes and peeked out of the corner of one just to see Lullaby licking off George's hand… she snapped… "Oh no! If you do not like me, you do not like George either!" Tania pulled George's hand away from Lullaby.

"Now, that's childish…" George muttered.

"I don't care!" she whispered harshly.

Charlie followed Lullaby to the small cottage she loved so much to come to, it was a small cottage he, Bill and Percy used to come to play, now he used to spent the night… and have some other meetings… Of course he shared it… since Bill was married and so did Percy he was going to lend it to George tomorrow night…

He approved of their relationship and he knew the kid was a responsible fellow… but surely he couldn't do it at home, not with so many ears and eyes… and in her home wouldn't have the desired effect…

He came around the old oak tree and out of the corner of his eye he saw the trapdoor unlocked, he heard arguing noises and when he looked up he saw George (shirtless), Tania (untidy) and Lullaby clearly uncomfortable.

George was the first to notice and when he turned he almost died upon seeing Charlie there…

"C-Charlie? What are you doing here?" he asked and Tania turned.

Charlie's eyes abandoned George and focused on Tania's half opened blouse, and her messy hair… he raised his eyebrows…

"Charlie!" George exclaimed stepping between him and Tania.

"I am here to feed Lullaby… she likes to come here at morning…" he said ignoring the way Tania peeked above George's shoulder.

"But you lent me the place!" George argued.

"I thought it was for tomorrow…" Charlie said.

"It clearly wasn't…" George mumbled angrily.

From behind him Tania walked out with her blouse properly closed and started a conversation with Charlie ignoring the blushing George.

"Charlie… can you make Lullaby like me?" she asked annoyed.

Charlie laughed and regarded her with a funny look… he laughed and George had to laugh too… she felt offended but laughed too…

"Snap out of it!" Oliver yelled at Tania, she was daydreaming on the bar of the cafeteria.

"Sorry!" she exclaimed while blushing…

"Ah, damn it! It's been a month since you started acting this way, all fluffy and daydreaming… so you better tell me what on earth is going on!" he whispered harshly on her face, she grimaced and flinched.

"Nothing happened I swear!" she whispered back.

"That's fishy…" he said squinting his eyes at her. "What happened, Tania, darling?" he asked leaning on the bar, she reclined away from him on her stool.

"Oliver… I just… well…" she was babbling.

Oliver seemed hurt and then bored, then he sighed and turned away from her…

"It's only normal… he loves you… that much is obvious… but let me ask you, darling… are you in love with him?" he asked not looking her in the eyes.

Tania paled and then stammered…

"O-of course, I d-do…" she mumbled.

"Why is it so hard for you to say it?" he asked squinting again.

She quieted and looked at his blue eyes…. He was right, it was hard for her to let it out, but she didn't understand why… she figured it must've been due to the fact she didn't truly believe in love… it was not a fairy thing… but she didn't believed in magic before… maybe… just maybe she could say the same from love someday…

She didn't believe in love before George…

That night she had a date with George again, he took her to the same oak tree and there she found Lullaby, she was eating carrots and apples from a basket, he took her hand and led her to the horse…

"George, she doesn't like me…" Tania said still thinking about her conversation with Oliver that afternoon…

"It's okay… come on…" he said and pulled her beside him…

Tania raised her hands and smiled when Lullaby didn't move from the place and actually raised her head to look at her with magical eyes, it was a beautiful creature…

"So you actually like me now? Hmm? You are such a clever girl, Lullaby…" she muttered. "How is this possible?" she asked George.

"Well… I had a long talk with her and explained how much you loved her kind… and she accepted…" he mumbled putting his arms around her waist, she stiffened…

He frowned, she hadn't flinched from him for a month now… since that lovely night and many others that followed…

"Is something wrong?" he asked seriously.

"Not at all… can we go for a walk with Lullaby?" she asked trying to distract him.

"Sure, Charlie lent her to me for the night… Unicorns are unbelievably fast… you'll enjoy this ride…" he mumbled.

"No, no, no… really, she won't like me anymore if you make her carry me…" she smiled and waved his proposal.

"Always that lame excuse…" he said and moved his hands to her waist, she gasped and blushed when he helped her on the horse and then he jumped behind her and grabbed the silvery mane…

Lullaby didn't seem affected by the weight put on her.

"Hey Lu… Take us for a little ride…" he muttered over Tania's shoulder and the horse seemed to agree…

Lullaby took off… Tania barely had time to gasp when she felt herself being pushed farther against George's chest her hair flying behind her and her eyes watering from the cold air, after all they were starting December, the white landscape around them seemed like a big white flash… the moon above them shining lovely and the stars glinting…

She wanted to believe that she could say the words… but she couldn't bring herself to say them out loud, after all not even in her head was she able to admit them…

"Slow down a bit, Lu! We are freezing!" George called and the horse whined and stopped.

She was panting and the steam from their breathings was proof enough of the quick step Lullaby had taken…

"It's so beautiful here…" she said remembering this was not her home, but George's, she'd have to return at some point…

George cleared his throat and rested his chin on her shoulder while admiring the fireflies on the snow… it was a marvelous view…

"You don't have to go… you know…" he muttered and kissed her cheek lightly.

"Yes I have to… I have work to do… people to meet… family to call… friends to tend…" she mumbled knowing well that her job wasn't what she expected, she didn't have to meet anybody else, her family was far away and her only friend was Oliver… "I have to go back to Oliver…" she muttered to herself.

"You keep talking about him in the most awkward moments…" he laughed. "He won't be mad at you not seeing you for a couple of weeks…" he said and she smiled smartly.

"No… he won't be mad at me… he'll be mad at you!" she laughed.

"Yeah… well…" he laughed. "I'm glad there are people willing to take care of you; your brother, Oliver… I bet your father…and well… your mother…" he finally said not so sure about the last one.

"Yes… she's just different… she cares in her own twisted way…" she mumbled.

"Well I didn't have the time to talk to her properly…" he said.

"I know… but it's better that way…" she mumbled and smiled unable to see the frown on George's face…

He didn't know what he was hoping to hear, but he expected something like; "I know… but there's plenty of time for you to talk to her…" or "I know, but don't worry you will someday…"

He held Lullaby's mane tighter and moved her around the snow, feeling slightly dejected, but he got to think about it too… What was he expecting…?

He knew what he was expecting… he wanted a vow… for her to say that she'd be there forever, because now he realized something, she was the one who dragged him out of his hole, so he needed her… he wanted her and for that he loved her… he had already admitted that many times before, on all those nights he had spent with her in the last month…

But she had never said the words… and it was partly his fault; telling her it was okay, telling her he knew what she wanted but couldn't say, maybe he was having illusions of her thinking those words, but it could be that she had never thought about them…

So much for having Lullaby for the night…

He was feeling dejected…

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