Disclaimers: I do not own TO or the characters. I do own all OCs. The names of the Grey Wolves and all animal facts/info come from the Austin Zoo website and Zoo map.
Spoilers: none
Rating: K+
Notes: Just some fluff for Freya and Keelin plus Hope. A day out and about in town, plus a trip to the Zoo.
Notes 2: I am sorry about taking so long to update. I keep starting/finishing future chapters, which is helpful in the long run! Unfortunately, it does not help with the present chapters. However, I have the next five completed, and updates should come about once a week.
Enjoy! :)
Sunday, June 9th, 2019
The next morning, Keelin is not surprised to find she has company.
Freya, she knew was beside her, as the witch actually came to bed with her earlier in the morning, after they got halfway through the third movie.
However, it seems sometime in the night, Hope had joined them.
Keelin catches sight of the clock, still early enough to let them both sleep, and so she makes her way downstairs. It is almost completely silent, meaning Sanders and Benny are also still asleep.
(And yep, she finds Luca and Jared in the kitchen, drinking coffee, but sans their two sons.)
"Morning, Kee." Luc greets as Jared grabs a mug for her. He slides it across the counter, and she sighs contently at the first sip.
They discuss breakfast and plans for the day. Keelin is going to hang around the house for a few hours, to visit with the boys, and maybe go swimming again. Then, she wants to take Freya and Hope out for lunch.
It is not long before the four of them join Luca, Jared, and Keelin in the kitchen. Breakfast is nearly finished by now; sausage, eggs, biscuits, gravy, toast, and bacon. Basically, the works.
"Benny, use your fork, please." Luc prompts for the fourth time. They have been working with him on using utensils instead of his hands and fingers.
It seems they still have some ways to go. Though, they suppose, he is only 3, after all.
"Benny, watch me!" Sanders picks up his fork and stabs a piece of sausage. "See? Big boys use forks. Are you a big boy, Benny?"
"Yep!"
Sanders hands a RugRats-themed toddler fork to his baby brother.
"Here, use this. See? You pick the food up like this!" He demonstrates, but Benny simply watches before turning to Freya, who is sitting to the left of his high chair.
"Fey do it!"
Freya blinks, and looks up, sees he is holding out the fork.
"He wants you to feed him," Keelin whispers from beside her, and Freya takes it from the little boy. She alternates between Benny and herself for the rest of breakfast.
Once they are finished, Sanders and Benny, including Hope, help to clear the table (Benny takes forks and spoons, Sanders puts away the condiments, and Hope takes their plates to the sink).
A half hour later, Jared claps his hands.
"All right, you three have been very patient, so… who's ready to hit the water?!"
He gets loud cheers from all three kids as they race to the back door, having already changed into their swimsuits.
Freya offers to watch them as she unlocks the door, and they all dart towards the gated pool area.
A few minutes later, the rest of the clan is outside, and they spend the morning enjoy the sun and water.
*Later*
By the time noon rolls around, they have already swam for at least two hours, and are now getting dressed and ready to go.
Keelin braids Hope's semi-wet hair while she speaks to Hayley on the phone.
They decide on Cracker Barrel for lunch, and buy some souvenirs for the rest of the family while waiting for their table. Hope gets a talking parrot. With a push of button, you speak to it, and the parrot recites the words back.
"Oh, yeah. Klaus is going to be thrilled you bought her that."
"Uncle Kol and I are gonna have so much fun." Hope grins as she pushes the button and speaks into the microphone.
They have cheeseburgers and fries for lunch, and walk around the town afterwards.
The sidewalks around the town square are painted in different types of hopscotches, and there are dozens of children out playing.
Hope finds a bucket of chalk left out, so Freya and Keelin take a break on a bench while she draws with a few kids her own age.
Freya lays across the bench and soaks in the sunshine as she looks up at Keelin.
"Are you enjoying your trip?"
The witch hums in response.
Keelin smiles to herself as she tucks a strand of Freya's hair behind her ear. "If anyone deserves a break from the family crises that seem to follow you always, it is definitely you."
They sit there for a while longer, enjoying the sunshine, as they have absolutely no need to rush around.
Eventually, when most of the kids Hope was playing with leave, she asks Keelin to join her and the one little boy who is left, and the wolf happily obliges.
"Watch my purse, and don't fall asleep on me." She calls out to Freya to which she gets a thumbs-up.
Keelin walks over to Hope and a boy about year younger than her.
"This is Anthony," The young Mikaelson introduces. "But, he likes to be called 'Ant'. This is my Auntie Freya's friend, Keelin."
The little boy looks up at her, and she sees hazel eyes that strangely remind her of someone she knows.
However, just as she goes to ask his last name, Hope continues, explaining the game they were playing.
"We have to count how times we can go down the hopscotch and back, and how long we can keep going on one foot. Whoever gets the most times, wins."
Anthony nods along with Hope's words, and once the "rules" have been explained, they take turns. A few minutes later, and Hope is cheering Ant on.
She went for her own turn, and was able to do five times, while Keelin did seven, and if Ant can finish to the end right now, he would have eight, beating them both.
"Come on, Ant! You can do it!"
"Well, hello, Stranger!"
They all freeze at the new, sudden voice. Anthony almost falls but Keelin catches him as they all turn around.
Keelin grins as she recognizes the person. A taller man, with brunette hair and green eyes, wearing a Memorial Day t-shirt and beige cargo shorts.
However, what she notices (almost too late) are the (not-so-good) reactions of those around her. Well, all except Anthony, that is.
"Dad!"
The little boy runs to his father, who sweeps him up in a hug, and then whispers something in his ear, and points to a shop a little ways behind them.
Anthony runs inside the shop, and the man turns back to Keelin.
In this small span of time, Keelin has noticed that Freya's sat up on the bench and looks particularly tense at the newcomer and, while Freya is usually wary of strangers, it hits Keelin why she is more than a little uneasy around this man.
"Woah!"
Using just the tiniest bit of her super-speed, Keelin steps in front of Freya almost in sync with her standing up. She quickly grabs both of Freya's hands in one of her own, already knowing exactly what the Viking witch was planning to do.
"Easy there, Tiger."
Keelin motions for Hope to come over, which she immediately does, and then moves Freya's chin so she is forced to look at her.
She hears the man sigh out deeply, and can tell, without even looking, that he is rolling his eyes.
"Oh, man. What has my dumbass brother done this time?" Because people only have this type of reaction to him when Jonathan has fucked up, and then they see him, as he unfortunately resembles Jonathan the most out of their siblings.
"Stay over there, please, Jack." Keelin requests, and he complies without argument.
"Freya, look at me," Narrowed green eyes flick down to hers. "That isn't Jonathan. It is his little brother, Jack, and unfortunately, they do look very similar. But I promise, it is not him, and Jack is not a threat; not to me, not to you, and not to Hope."
She lets her own gaze fall down to the little girl at their side, and smiles at her.
"Look at me, Sleeping Beauty," Keelin prompts once more, and gently smiles at the protectiveness in Freya's eyes. "Hi, there."
The wolf tilts her head, "I am going to go talk to him for a minute, alright?"
(It takes a moment for her to agree. Keelin walks over to Jack, and falls into his arms. She's missed him. It had been about three months, before she was taken, since she and their friends had seen him.
He went on a trip to overseas and liked it so much, he extended it several more weeks. He was due back a week after Hayley found her at the bar.)
They talk about Anthony, decide to discuss it in length at later time, but for now, Jack tells her that the whole reason for the trip was because a relative had passed away, and left him custody of their son.
He became Anthony's father back in February, and now, nearly four months later, the six-year-old calls him 'dad' because, according to him, "you do all the cool stuff dads do with their sons."
After they make plans to meet up at some point, Keelin turns back to her girls.
The scene in front of her just gives her funny feelings, and she witnesses that dimpled smile she's come to love so much.
(Freya is lying on the ground, and Hope is tracing an outline of her body on the sidewalk. Occasionally, she will move her arm while Hope is trying to draw the line making her niece squeal in half laughter-half annoyance as she keeps messing up.)
It takes nearly three full minutes for them to notice Keelin watching.
She is content to simply sit in the bench and soak in Hope's laughter and Freya's teasing voice.
She wonders just how many moments like this one the Mikaelson family get to experience.
"Hey, you two." Keelin calls out, and they both look up at her. "What do you say we head somewhere?"
Hope jumps up and comes over, taking the offered water bottle as she settles beside Keelin on the bench.
"Where would we go?"
Freya sits up and watches them.
As Keelin leans back on the bench, she looks over to the Mikaelson witch before turning her attention to Hope.
"Well, we can go to the playground. Or we could go to the water park, or maybe the zoo. It's up to you. This is your first trip up here so wherever you want to go."
The littlest Mikaelson lights up the moment Keelin suggests the zoo. Hayley had said once, when she was telling Keelin about Hope, that her favorite thing to do was go to the Zoo down in New Orleans. Her favorite animals were, of course, lions and tigers.
So when Keelin heard this, she decided that if Hope (and the rest of the Mikaelson family) ever came to Austin, she wanted to show her the zoo.
They have quite a few animals, including wolves, which Keelin thinks Hope might like. And it is so easy to just spend the day walking around, feeding animals, eating funnel cakes an cotton candy, and enjoying each other's company.
"Can we go to the zoo?!"
Keelin chuckles, "Of course. We'll need to go home and grab a few things, and I want to switch out my shoes, but as soon as you are ready to leave, we can."
Of course Hope declares she is ready to go at that very moment, so they gather their things and head out to the car.
*Keelin's apartment*
Back at Keelin's apartment, they get what they can before they need to go back to Jared's to grab a change of clothes.
Keelin takes a backpack from the hall closet. It is better to pack the essentials in it than to lug around a purse laden down with tons of items.
"We will bring water and a few snacks, but we can still get funnel cake or cotton candy at the zoo," Keelin explains when Hope asks if bringing the water and Goldfish means they can't get the goodies usually sold at a zoo.
"This is just so we don't have to pay for everything, especially just plain water."
She adds the drinks to a small cooler back, about the size of a kindergartner's lunch box, with an ice pack to keep it cool. A bottle of apple juice for Hope is also added along with some Trail-mix.
"What else do we need?"
Keelin points to the kitchen closet door, which is supposed to actually be a small pantry but is used otherwise, "Open up that door. See the clipboard? Can you reach it?"
Once she has it, Keelin gives Hope a pen and tells her to mark off what they already have – snacks, water, and a map of the zoo.
"We need sunscreen." She says next, placing it in the side pocket once Hope hands it to her. She takes out a small plastic box — the first aid kit — and tells Hope to check it off.
"We have sunscreen, a first aid kit, snacks, and water," Hope lists off. "And a map. Is there Germ-x?"
Hope is able to read most of the listed items as there are pictures next to the words.
This is so the youngest of the bunch — Sanders and Benny and Liam — are able to help out by reading off each item.
Keelin checks the front pocket where there is a half-full bottle of hand sanitizer. Along with a baggie of wet wipes. She hands Hope a pair of purple kid sunglasses and takes a goldish-brown pair for herself.
"What do you think?" Keelin says, striking a pose and making Hope laugh. She digs out several more sunglasses, all of varying colors and designs, including a solid white pair. "Ah, that's where those went."
It takes them another 10 minutes to sort through the needed items, which includes switching to a more comfortable pair of shoes for Keelin. She sticks her wallet, zoo pass, and cellphone in the front pocket forgoing her usual purse.
"Freya! Are you bringing your wallet or anything?"
Freya pokes her head around the corner from the hallway, "Do I need to?" Keelin shakes her head.
"You don't have to, I was just going to tell you to throw yours in with mine in the front pocket of the backpack. It'll be easier than carrying around a purse."
"How much are the tickets to get in?" Freya calls out from a room down the hall.
Keelin does not answer right away. She makes eye contact with Hope as the little girl covers her mouth to hide her giggling. They both knew Freya would ask that.
The difference is, Hope already knows the price, and that her aunt will definitely not be happy with Keelin wanting to pay for their tickets.
She keeps quiet for too long as she hears Freya call out her name. Keelin presses her lips together to smother her laugh.
"I have a pass to get in free," She finally answers. "And I can bring up to 8 guests for $10.95 each."
She makes a face at Hope, scrunching up her nose, and hears nothing in response as she puts a finger to her lip. They wait for Freya to respond in some way. She comes out to the kitchen a moment later just as Keelin sends Hope off to the bathroom.
"So I do need to bring my wallet."
Keelin hums in response, partially to drag out this moment, but mostly because her thought process stutters as she sees Freya.
(She definitely was not prepared for those shorts.)
Thankfully, Hope comes back in and saves Keelin from making a fool of herself.
"Did you tell her?"
"Not yet." Keelin zips up the backpack and hands it to Hope to carry. She looks up at Freya and smirks, "You can bring your wallet if you want to but I'm still going to pay for yours and Hope's tickets."
"I can pay for our tickets, Keelin," Freya protests as Keelin ignores her and grabs her bottle of water and flicks off the kitchen light.
"Come on, we still need to grab a change of clothes for Hope from Jared and Luc's."
"Keelin!"
The wolf simple picks up the cooler bag and leaves the kitchen. Freya grumbles under her breath as she follows them out.
She continues pouting the entire way to Jared and Luca's house, arguing that she is "more than capable" of paying for their tickets.
And Keelin ignores — well, pretends to ignore — her the whole time as the smirk on her face says she hears her perfectly.
*Austin Zoo*
They get in pretty quickly. It is just a few hours until closing time so most people are either leaving out the front gates, or in the Gift Shop.
Keelin uses her Zoo pass to get inside for free, and claims Hope and Freya as her 'guests', so they get a discount price of $10.95 each.
Of course, she does pay for their tickets, and the Attendant tries his best to hide his smirk at Freya protesting the entire time.
"What do you want to do first, Hope?" Keelin calls out as they step to the side. Right off the bat, there is the Grey Wolves' habitat, but the little girl has not noticed.
Freya, however, does so immediately.
She whistles to get Hope's attention, and points to their left-hand side. As Keelin predicted, Hope squeals in excitement and almsot trips in her haste to run over to it.
"They have wolves! Auntie Freya, look!"
The two follow her to the Habitat. She oohs and awes over the wolves as they lay out in the sunshine. They are beige/white in color, and are about the size of a dog.
There is a total of five wolves, — named Aspen, Denali, Ivy, Juno, and Lindy — and they are scattered across the decent-sized Habitat area.
Keelin stands back and lets Freya and Hope have fun pointing out the different wolves, and which ones they think are named what.
"That one looks like Juno." Hope points to one sunbathing on top of the platforms. "And that is definitely… Lindy." She looks down to the little nameplates that are on the fence.
Freya scans the area herself, eyes falling to two smaller wolves in the shade, and another a few yards away, chasing a red-and-blue striped ball.
"Those are Aspen and Denali, in the shade, and the one playing with the ball… I think that is Juno."
"No! Juno is laying in the sun. He likes the sun; the warm sunshine is his favorite." She eyes the one with the ball now in their mouth, shaking its head back and forth. "The one with the ball is definitely Ivy, not Juno."
"I still think Juno is playing with the ball."
"He's not! It's Ivy."
They debate it for several more minutes before moving on to reading the facts of Grey Wolves. There is a sign with things like a grey wolf's speed, height, lifespan, and so on engraved into it.
"This says they can run up to 37 miles per hour!" Hope exclaims. "I bet Keelin can run faster when she is a were–"
"Ah!" Freya covers her niece's mouth as Hope had practically yelled that out loud, enough for the few people around them to hear. "Let's not alert everyone here to Keelin being a werewolf, hmm?" Freya suggests.
Hope looks up her, grinning from behind her aunt's hand, and muttering 'oops' once she removes it. She looks at the next fact, the height of the wolves.
"This says 2.6… feet?" Hope looks to Freya. "How tall is that?"
"Hm, how tall are you?"
Hope shrugs and turns to Keelin, "Keelin, how tall am I?" The wolf looks up from where she was doing something on her phone.
"I think you were about a foot and a half shorter than me, so somewhere around 3'8 to about 3'10." Hope looks back to Freya who does the math in her head, coming up with,
"About 1 foot and 3 or so inches shorter than you."
The Mass (weight) is next, "A male is 66 to 180 pounds," Hope reads out proudly, as she recognizes 'lbs.' as the abbreviation for the word 'pound'. "And for a female, it's 51 pounds to 120 pounds."
"They can be as small as you, or as big as me, in regards to their weight," Freya explains. "That is actually quite large for an animal."
Hope watches one of the wolves chase the red-and-blue striped ball, — she is convinced this is now Aspen, who became bored of resting and wanted to play — as Freya eyes the one in the shade (definitely Ivy and not Juno).
Meanwhile, Keelin watches the two from her spot on the bench. In the few weeks she has known the Mikaelson family, she cannot think of one time that Freya has been this relaxed — this comfortable, enjoying herself this much — and hopes she can help her stay this way for the rest of their visit, at the very least.
Keelin suddenly gets an idea. She digs out her her phone and pulls up Hayley's number. Then she gets out the iPad she had stuck in the bag for this reason, and calls Hope over.
"You want to video-chat with your mama while we walk around?"
She shows her the handles of the iPad case, and attaches the kid-safe necklace so Hope can wear it around her neck and not drop it on the ground.
Hayley answers the call right away, and Keelin shows Hope how to switch the FaceTime camera outwards, so it is showing their surroundings instead of Hope's face.
"Look, Mommy. The Zoo has wolves!" She holds the small iPad up to show the habitat area. Freya stays with her while Hope gives a complete tour of the habitat and all of the facts of the wolves.
Meanwhile, Keelin stays on the bench, content to watch them. A woman comes up after a few minutes and sits down beside Keelin. Two kids run up to the overlook and peer down into the habitat area.
"Keelin! The wolves can live up to 16 years in the Zoo! That's more than twice as old as I am!" Hope yells over about five minutes later, before her attention immediately turns away.
"She's adorable," The lady comments, smiling. She watches Freya for a moment, as she leans down to whisper something to Hope. "You have a beautiful wife and daughter."
Keelin freezes. The words reach her, but their meaning takes more than a second. By the time she has gathered her thoughts, and calmed her frantic heart, and goes to correct the woman, she is standing up.
"Kids, come along. We'll have to hurry if we want to reach the train in time." She holds out both hands and the two children run to grab them as the three begin walking away.
Keelin watches them go, before she turns to Hope and Freya.
Wife and daughter, huh? Is that what they look like to other people?
"Their scientific name is "Canis lupus", and their population is "stable" which means there are enough wolves in the wild that we don't have to worry about them disappearing," Hope is explaining minutes later as they finally leave the area to move on through the rest of the Zoo.
She blinks back to the present when Freya bumps her shoulder and asks if she is alright. Keelin nods and, as she goes to speak, she notices they are approaching a Cotten Candy Stand.
Knowing that Hope really wanted to buy some, she steers the little girl in that direction, "Hope, do you want to get Cotton Candy right now?"
She had been preoccupied with talking to Hayley, but her attention is diverted immediately, "Oh, yes!"
They stand in line for about 10 minutes before it's their turn. Keelin steps up to the stand.
"Hey, Kyle." Keelin greets the man in uniform. His face lights up at seeing her.
"Hey, girl! Where have you been? I feel like I haven't seen you in months!"
It's true; Keelin usually comes to the Zoo with everyone else whenever the weather begins to get warmer. Around April or so.
Luca and Jared have been three times, while Lilah has brought Scarlett and Liam twice, and they all came together at least four times by now.
"Ah…" Keelin shrugs. "I was out of town for a while." She quickly turns to Hope and Freya, so he'll get the hint not ask anymore questions. "Sweets, what color do you want?"
"Um…" Hope hands the iPad to Freya, and comes closer to Keelin.
She is a little shy; Kyle finds her adorable, and has so many questions about who she is, and what her relationship to Keelin, as well as wondering who is the woman standing slightly behind him.
Hope feels Keelin wrap an arm around her shoulders, and that gives her a boost of confidence. "Can you do purple, please?"
"Well, I can certainly try. We do not have purple sugar, but I can try to mix the pink sugar with the blue sugar to make purple."
Kyle lets his partner take Keelin's and Freya's orders while he tells Hope to come over to the side where the step-stool is, so she can watch him work the machine.
He mixes pink sugar with the blue sugar in a cup and pours it into the center where the spinner will heat the sugar and produce the fluffy goodness.
It starts immediately, and as the circular machine fills with Cotton Candy, Kyle grabs it and begins stuffing it in a plastic bag.
The cotton candy has a blueish-pink tint to it, not quite completely purple, but definitely close to it. Hope is amazed.
"Keelin, look!"
"I see," Keelin grins as she hands over Freya's green Cotton Candy and eats a piece of her own blue fluff.
Once the bag is sufficiently filled, Kyle lets them know it's on him; he gets free Cotton Candy, so he'll just use his today's pass for them.
*10 minutes later*
"Aright, sweets," They now have a wagon that Hope is riding in. It's easier than trying to keep up with their Cotton Candy, Hope, herself, and the iPad that she is still using, all at once. It also gives Keelin a break from carrying the backpack.
Now they are back to the Cotton Candy Stand, and they can go one of two ways…
"Would you like to go this way," She gestures to the left, "to see the Big Cats & Bears Section, or to the right, where the Reptiles and Petting Zoo and Feeding Area are located."
Hope chooses the Big Cats & Bears Section, and they head in that direction.
On the way there, Keelin watches her try to eat the Cotton Candy inside the bag without touching it with her hands because she is also trying to hold the iPad up for Hayley to see everything.
They come across the Tortoise Barn first, and decide to skip it for now. Next is the Servals – a type of "big" cat.
"They're so cute!" Hope exclaims. "They look like bigger cats, look at their spots!"
"This says the Servals are carnivores, and weigh up to 41 pounds." Freya reads from the plaque. "That is about… 6 or 7 pounds less than your weight right now."
"How big does it get?"
"About four feet, or less. Probably much shorter than you."
Next are the lions, which, of course, Hope eagerly hops out of the wagon for a picture.
"They're so fuzzy!" Hope exclaims.
The three of them take turns reading the facts about each section of big cats. Hayley has to go about halfway through, but promises to be free that night when Hope calls to say goodnight.
"I love you, Mommy. Say hi to Dad for me!"
"Love you too, sweetie. Be for good for Keelin and Aunt Freya."
Hope clicks off the FaceTime call after doing her and Hayley's kiss routine.
"Okay, sweets." Keelin places the iPad into the backpack, making a mental note to wipe down the case when they arrive home. "Why don't we go back around, and we can go to the Feeding Area. We have about half an hour before we need to head back to the Gates because it is almost closing time."
They go to the Feeding Area and find that they have it to themselves. There are several animals to feed, — goats, sheep, deer, llamas, and alpacas — and Keelin purchases some feed for each of them.
"Here, wipe your hands off with this." Keelin hands her the wet wipes while an employee comes over to explain how to properly interact with the animals.
"You can feed each animal that does not have sign such as this "Do Not Feed," or this, "Under Vet Care"." He says, bending down beside Hope, and pointing them out.
"Please do not taunt or tease the animals, and do not insert your fingers into their mouths, as they could bite you."
The employee takes some feed in his hand and demonstrates to Hope how to hold her hand out flat so they can eat it.
"Hold your hand like, and feed them through the fence, ok?" Once Hope nods, he stands and gestures.
"If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. You can continue to purchase the feed for another 15 minutes, at which time, this area closes."
"Thank you, sir." Keelin calls out as he steps away.
"Let's get a video to send your mama, okay, sweets."
They do this for the 15 minutes, and even though the area technically closed three minutes before, the gentleman sends Hope a wink as he gives her one last handful of animal feed.
It is past closing time, but he couldn't say no. Hope has fed every single animal, in each pen, wanting each to get a turn. It was adorable, really.
"I'm really sorry about this." Keelin says as she finally is able to get not only Hope, but Freya, as well, away from the animals.
Neither aunt nor niece had wanted to leave, and only did so with the promise they would come back before heading to New Orleans.
He waves her off. "It's fine, honest. She's adorable."
Keelin just smiles in thanks, and turns to her girls. "Alright, you two. Come on. I'm exhausted and ready for my air-conditioned couch and TV."
They go to the Front Gate and the Gift Shop. Keelin texts Rebekah and gets everyone's shirt sizes, so Hope can get matching zoo t-shirts for the family.
They get Hayley and Elijah keychains with their first name letter-initials, and Rebekah a blue-with-pineapples beach bag.
Hope couldn't find a second item for Klaus or Kol, but Keelin assured her they would love the t-shirts just the same.
On the way home, they roll down Keelin's sunroof, and let the wind cool them off.
Hope falls asleep halfway there, to no one's surprise, and Keelin carries her inside to the guest bedroom when they arrive home.
It is late afternoon by now, and Keelin heads to the living room and finds Freya half laying on the couch.
"You look as exhausted as I feel." The wolf comments, falling down beside her.
"I feel like I could go to sleep and stay that way for hours." Freya breathes, trying (and failing) not to give in to the temptation of sliding down to lay with her head in Keelin's lap.
"Hope is asleep, and probably will be for a couple of hours." Keelin says, reaching up to let down her hair. "We have nothing else to do, so just go ahead and take a nap. I'm not going to do a thing except sit right here."
That sounds like a fantastic idea, Freya thinks to herself. She allows herself to relax and fall asleep to the sensation of Keelin running her fingertips through her hair.
The quiet, coolness of the apartment pulls her deeper into sleep.
Here it is. I hope you enjoyed. Next chapter will be the end of their trip to Austin. Less fluff but that only lasts 2 chapters.
Please review and let me know what you thought. :)