Disclaimer: *whew* things have been so busy here..haven't had time to write.sick fishies to take care of.as always, I own only sparrow.if I owned Nny I wouldn't have to depend on the gov, to give me money for school.yeah.

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Sparrow and Nny walked towards his house. He was rather nervous about her seeing his place, but the feeling faded the closer they came. He was so comfortable around her! The conversation had never lapsed, from chatting over expresses, to going to a small Italian restaurant and laughing over how neither of them could roll spaghetti onto their forks without it flipping everywhere, to a slow, scenic walk through the park, everything had been perfect. He hadn't even felt the urge to kill any of the assholes that had been staring at the pair all night. In fact, he hardly noticed them. The only thing he was really noticing right now was the warm fuzzy feeling in his stomach he got whenever she smiled.

They reached his house and he opened the door for her. She giggled a little.

"Why, thank you, good sir."

He smiled to himself as she walked in and then closed the door behind them.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Sparrow was floating on cloud nine. She was amazed at how comfy she was with Nny-they had only spent a few hours together, yet they chatted like old friends. She was ecstatic when he invited her over to his house. Even if nothing physical happened, she wanted to see where he lived, where he slept, where he ate and thought and dreamt.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* They sat together on the couch. Nny nervously scanned the area of each room they had entered to get there to make sure there was no incriminating evidence lying around. He had found none and had finally relaxed. He turned on the television and Sparrow scanned the TV GUIDE for anything that looked interesting.

"Oh my god! They're showing 'Requiem for a Dream' on HBO-can we watch that?" she asked, hope shinning in her eyes, "it's such a beautiful film."

Nny shrugged, "Sure." He stated flipping it to the desired station.

They settled in to watch the film, Sparrow curled up next to him on the couch. She took a chance and laid her head lightly on his shoulder. He tensed up a little, and then relaxed, lowering that shoulder a little so she could have a more comfy pillow. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~**~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~**~*~*~**~*~*~**~*~*~**~*~

It was all he could do to focus on the movie, with her breath lightly touching his neck, making the small hairs there stand on end. Her breath got more and more deep and steady and he glanced over at her face, not daring to move his head. She was asleep. For the first time in months, he willingly allowed his heavy eyelids to close and he joined her in slumber, his head gently resting on hers.