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Forest Glenny
still only PG 13!
disclaimer: Roses are red, violets are blue, if I owned this story, I'd make more money than you!
notes: Thanks as always to my wonderful reviewers! You make me feel incredibly loved. This chapter is the infamous 'Lie low at Lupin's' chapter. Anywhoo, this is dedicated to you, my readership. If you like this, go read Strawberry Kisses and Dotted Line. I've been told they're worth the click.
IV. (hands)
I look out across patchwork fields of green and brown and lowing cows and bleating sheep. Peace and quiet pervades the country air and is slowly invading my little house through the wide open door. Tea steam fills my expectant eyes as I take a quick sip, watching the large yet too small shadow move up the dirt path to my abode.
He must feel my gaze because the dog looks up and my breath catches in my throat as he turns into the man I know and love and still want. Black hair falls long into dulled reflective eyes and his crouching figure slowly straightens up. So sad does he look that I am concerned and then almost blinded when it changes into a brilliant, warm, embracing mischievous grin. Not knowing what I am doing now I run towards him with only the thought of being held like I haven't been for so very too long. We crash into each other and it's all I can do to keep from kissing him and touching him and telling him I love you ten thousand times over.
But he seems to have other ideas and his smiling lips are brushing mine, electric perfection and then covering, devouring so perfectly wonderful and oh god yummy despite bad breath and joy tears running down my cheeks.
Finally unfortunately and eventually we must break apart and hand in hand comfort intimate we walk inside. He doesn't want to say anything yet nor do I, so he paints a beautiful languid loving smile across his beautiful face, and I easily respond. This is just so right to be walking across the threshold of a new home to a new life with him. Even if this is only for a little while, my mind reminds me.
How long do you stay here?
A while. That's what Dumbledore said.
You're welcome to stay here as long as you like. Would you like a shower while I make dinner?
You don't have to make dinner all by yourself! I'll help!
No, you've had a long journey and need to relax.
A sigh, defeated, and a small yet dancing grin, you've never outgrown your mothering instinct, have you Remmie? But I need the solace and calm of the kitchen to sort out my feelings, figure out where this will go, because I get so irrational when he's this near to me, his skin calling to mine, his hands wanting to touch every inch of me.
Beef hearty veggies all go into a stew set on the back burner of a little muggle stove, bubbling, happy that it will serve my purpose. Tea water on to boil, bread and bowls float to the table, set themselves on the soft worn table cloth.
I am startled from my kitchen induced reveries of happy faces and happy days when warm soap-smelling arms twine around me, a cautiously comforting comfort-seeking touch. He pulls me back, tightly close against his chest and I feel the rumbling of the content grin on his face. I'm clean, he smiles against my hair. We both smell of strawberry shampoo and the almost familiar scent of old friends slowly turning old.
And then, almost as if reading my mind he whispers We aren't too old, are we Moony?
I look at my beautiful Paddy's hands, pressed lightly against my abdomen and then I pick one up, marveling at how surprisingly smooth and dark the palms are. His fingers are callused and pink like a favorite ancient red shirt, its dye slowly washed into watery oblivion. Ivory palm against wood-pink-beautiful now, mesh the fingers together, my mind gets lost in a forest of light and shadow, and I have to struggle to remember his question.
We aren't too old, I mumble with a nervous twitch grin and then pull away to pull the stew off the burner. But I am too hungry.
He laughs and agrees and we sit, grinning fools, at a cozy home-again dinner.
fin.
written 12 May 03
typed/edited 18 May 03
Erg... well it didn't make me feel any better about my flute recital ^.^; Anyway, please review! If you liked it, it's the least you can do to thank me! Thank you for reading!