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Chapter 12
Dinner that night was fairly uneventful. They swapped stories about embarrassing moments and funny things that had happened to them throughout their lives. Wildwing had toned down the compliments somewhat, knowing that they might make Mallory uncomfortable if she wasn't interested in him. Wildwing checked his watch, it read 10:00.
"Hey Mal, I want to take you one more place tonight if that's alright with you."
"Where would we be going at ten o'clock at night?" she asked.
"You'll see," he said throwing her a wink.
Wildwing paid the bill, and he and Mallory headed out to his car. Wildwing began to drive, and Mallory noticed they were heading away from the Pond, away from the city for that matter.
"Um Wing where are we going?" asked Mallory
Wildwing stopped the car at the top of a large cliff.
"We're here!" he cried out.
Mallory and Wildwing hopped out of the car and Mallory shivered from the chill in the air. Wildwing turned towards Mallory and placed a reassuring hand on her back.
"Mallory this is my little secret spot. I come here whenever I need to get away from everyone else. Spending this kind of time with you has made me realize that you are in desperate need of a place where you can escape your life. I find that the calmness of this place helps me to relax and forget all of my problems. And now, I'm offering to share it with you. It can be our little place that no one else knows about."
"Wildwing, this is one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me. Thank you so much for helping me and being as nice as you are to me. I'd love to share this place with you." She responded, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Hey Mallory have you ever learned any of the constellations in this dimension?"
"No why?"
"There fascinating, here I'll show them to you." Wildwing took Mallory's hand and led her to a spot next to the edge of the cliff. They lay down next to each other and Wildwing pointed out the constellations to her, sometimes telling the stories behind the constellations to her.
"How do you know all of this Wing? I mean where do you find the time and patience to study this stuff?"
"I read a lot. Whenever you can't find me I'm generally reading. I'll lend you the book that I learned all of these stars from. You'll catch on fast."
Wildwing stood up and held out his hands for Mallory to help her up. She stumbled a bit, due to her high-heeled shoes.
"Ugh damn it! I hate high heels!" she growled.
Wildwing chuckled slightly while Mallory removed her shoes to prevent tripping again. Mallory and Wildwing just stared at each other, each one seeing the love burning in the others eyes. Mallory was the first to break the contact. All of a sudden, Wildwing wrapped his left arm around her waist and used his right hand to lift her head so that she was looking straight at him. They closed their eyes and he bent down and kissed her. Her arms wrapped around his neck and his right hand moved from her face to wander up and down her back. The kiss grew more passionate, filled with years of pent up love, anxiety and need. The kiss only broke as Wildwing and Mallory came up for air, and they both held each other, comfortably standing in each other's embrace. Mallory looked up at Wildwing.
"I'll be right back," she whispered, and she instantly missed the warmth of his body as she let go and ran towards the car.
She cam back a few seconds later with a boom box that she had fished out of her bag, complete with a CD full of romantic music that she often listened to when she felt lonely. She turned it on and then turned to Wildwing with an outstretched arm.
"Dance with me" she said, more as a suggestion than a command.
"Gladly" he replied and then swept her up into his arms.
Halfway through the song, the sky clouded up, and rain began to pour heavily out of nowhere.
"I think maybe we should head to the car," said Wildwing breaking the embrace, finding
Mallory running towards her boom box in an attempt to gather it up. They both climbed into the second row of seats in his SUV breathing heavily from running. Wildwing pulled out some dry towels from under the seats and handed a few of them to Mallory.
"Good call on bringing dry clothes," she said, handing Wildwing his bag of dry things while keeping a hold on hers.
"Do you care about changing in front of me?" he asked
"Not at all" she said, and they both started to change into something dryer.
They stashed the wet things into the floor of the SUV, and put towels over where they had been sitting. They climbed into the back of the SUV, where the third row of seats had been folded down, and Wildwing wrapped them both up in a heavy, warm blanket. They just lay there, watching the rain fall around them, both too caught up in each other's arms to say anything. Mallory was the first to talk.
"Hey Wing?"
"Yea Mal?"
"Is it alright with you if I don't want kids?"
"I don't want them either so I guess my answer would be yes."
Mallory and Wildwing both laughed quietly at their revelation, and just continued to lose themselves in each other.
"Wildwing?"
"Yea?"
"Do you want to come spend the night with me again?"
"I was about to ask you the same question. Waking up next to you is something that I thoroughly enjoyed. Waking up isn't the same if I can't do it with you."
Mallory's only response to that was to snuggle in closer to Wildwing, tightening her grip on his neck.
"Mallory?"
"Yea Wing?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"I thought you weren't able to love others Mal."
"You're the only duck that I know that is worth loving. You helped me learn how to love you."
Wildwing kissed her forehead and buried his head in her hair. Mallory and Wildwing were happier now than they had ever been before, Wildwing because he had someone to love, and Mallory because someone finally found her to be worth their love.
Chapter 12
Dinner that night was fairly uneventful. They swapped stories about embarrassing moments and funny things that had happened to them throughout their lives. Wildwing had toned down the compliments somewhat, knowing that they might make Mallory uncomfortable if she wasn't interested in him. Wildwing checked his watch, it read 10:00.
"Hey Mal, I want to take you one more place tonight if that's alright with you."
"Where would we be going at ten o'clock at night?" she asked.
"You'll see," he said throwing her a wink.
Wildwing paid the bill, and he and Mallory headed out to his car. Wildwing began to drive, and Mallory noticed they were heading away from the Pond, away from the city for that matter.
"Um Wing where are we going?" asked Mallory
Wildwing stopped the car at the top of a large cliff.
"We're here!" he cried out.
Mallory and Wildwing hopped out of the car and Mallory shivered from the chill in the air. Wildwing turned towards Mallory and placed a reassuring hand on her back.
"Mallory this is my little secret spot. I come here whenever I need to get away from everyone else. Spending this kind of time with you has made me realize that you are in desperate need of a place where you can escape your life. I find that the calmness of this place helps me to relax and forget all of my problems. And now, I'm offering to share it with you. It can be our little place that no one else knows about."
"Wildwing, this is one of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me. Thank you so much for helping me and being as nice as you are to me. I'd love to share this place with you." She responded, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Hey Mallory have you ever learned any of the constellations in this dimension?"
"No why?"
"There fascinating, here I'll show them to you." Wildwing took Mallory's hand and led her to a spot next to the edge of the cliff. They lay down next to each other and Wildwing pointed out the constellations to her, sometimes telling the stories behind the constellations to her.
"How do you know all of this Wing? I mean where do you find the time and patience to study this stuff?"
"I read a lot. Whenever you can't find me I'm generally reading. I'll lend you the book that I learned all of these stars from. You'll catch on fast."
Wildwing stood up and held out his hands for Mallory to help her up. She stumbled a bit, due to her high-heeled shoes.
"Ugh damn it! I hate high heels!" she growled.
Wildwing chuckled slightly while Mallory removed her shoes to prevent tripping again. Mallory and Wildwing just stared at each other, each one seeing the love burning in the others eyes. Mallory was the first to break the contact. All of a sudden, Wildwing wrapped his left arm around her waist and used his right hand to lift her head so that she was looking straight at him. They closed their eyes and he bent down and kissed her. Her arms wrapped around his neck and his right hand moved from her face to wander up and down her back. The kiss grew more passionate, filled with years of pent up love, anxiety and need. The kiss only broke as Wildwing and Mallory came up for air, and they both held each other, comfortably standing in each other's embrace. Mallory looked up at Wildwing.
"I'll be right back," she whispered, and she instantly missed the warmth of his body as she let go and ran towards the car.
She cam back a few seconds later with a boom box that she had fished out of her bag, complete with a CD full of romantic music that she often listened to when she felt lonely. She turned it on and then turned to Wildwing with an outstretched arm.
"Dance with me" she said, more as a suggestion than a command.
"Gladly" he replied and then swept her up into his arms.
Halfway through the song, the sky clouded up, and rain began to pour heavily out of nowhere.
"I think maybe we should head to the car," said Wildwing breaking the embrace, finding
Mallory running towards her boom box in an attempt to gather it up. They both climbed into the second row of seats in his SUV breathing heavily from running. Wildwing pulled out some dry towels from under the seats and handed a few of them to Mallory.
"Good call on bringing dry clothes," she said, handing Wildwing his bag of dry things while keeping a hold on hers.
"Do you care about changing in front of me?" he asked
"Not at all" she said, and they both started to change into something dryer.
They stashed the wet things into the floor of the SUV, and put towels over where they had been sitting. They climbed into the back of the SUV, where the third row of seats had been folded down, and Wildwing wrapped them both up in a heavy, warm blanket. They just lay there, watching the rain fall around them, both too caught up in each other's arms to say anything. Mallory was the first to talk.
"Hey Wing?"
"Yea Mal?"
"Is it alright with you if I don't want kids?"
"I don't want them either so I guess my answer would be yes."
Mallory and Wildwing both laughed quietly at their revelation, and just continued to lose themselves in each other.
"Wildwing?"
"Yea?"
"Do you want to come spend the night with me again?"
"I was about to ask you the same question. Waking up next to you is something that I thoroughly enjoyed. Waking up isn't the same if I can't do it with you."
Mallory's only response to that was to snuggle in closer to Wildwing, tightening her grip on his neck.
"Mallory?"
"Yea Wing?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
"I thought you weren't able to love others Mal."
"You're the only duck that I know that is worth loving. You helped me learn how to love you."
Wildwing kissed her forehead and buried his head in her hair. Mallory and Wildwing were happier now than they had ever been before, Wildwing because he had someone to love, and Mallory because someone finally found her to be worth their love.