(A/N: OML! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while! I'm so glad people are reading my story! - Note to readers, this story takes place between episodes... after... he found Phobos's sister. I'm so bad with names... sorry Soooo... yeah. R&R!)

The pizza arrived as soon as Isis and Cedric had moved all the furniture. Isis paid the pizza man the money and a large tip for driving in the pounding rain. She came in with the pizza and sat down on the floor next to Cedric, who was sitting with his back resting on the couch.

Cedric's eyes caught a picture of Isis and a certain redhead that was sitting inside the box next to him. He quickly took out the picture and glared at the girl with red hair, who was nudging Isis in the picture. "How do you know this girl?" He asked Isis, who had a slice of pizza traveling towards her mouth.

"Who?" She asked, her eyes slowly followed his gaze to the picture. Too Cedric's surprise, she slammed her pizza into the box and quickly grabbed the picture. Standing up, she walked over to the lit fireplace, her eyes not moving off the picture. Isis's glare intensified as she ripped the picture into shreds and threw it into the fireplace, cursing under her breath. She smiled, feeling tears sting her eyes. "You probably want an explanation for my behavior? I'm sorry..."

Cedric remained silent, but was interested.

Isis did not turn from the fire, but stared at it. She didn't want Cedric to see her cry, for some reason she could not explain. "Will used to be my best friend... but it didn't last long. She went after my boyfriend behind my back, and when I caught them one day, kissing on my couch downstairs! She said she didn't know. I kicked them both out. I thought she was my friend."

Isis let her bangs fall into her face, shielding Cedric's view from her tears, "I loved him, but she didn't care. So, I moved. My boyfriend found me every time he broke up with a girl. He'd look for sympathy in me." Isis's voice cracked as she wept, "A-and being weak as I was against him. I'd give it until he started forcing himself on me."

"Forcing?" Cedric asked, watching her try to get control of her tears.

"Yes. He shoved me against the wall, and started forcing himself onto me. Henry saved me though." A smile played across her lips, "Kevin, my former boyfriend, is terrified of snakes. If Henry hadn't of been there-I-I don't know how far Kevin would have gone... Henry chased him out of the house, and I moved here."

After a moment of silence, she straightened herself up and smiled at Cedric, "Pizza's getting cold." The sadness in her voice betraying her happy smile. She walked back over to where she was sitting before and picked up her slice of pizza. Picking up the remote, she turned on the television, bringing Cedric out of his thoughts.

The people inside the television mesmerized Cedric, who had never watched one before. Isis turned the television to animal channel and watched snakes eating little mice, which she nicknamed Will and Kevin.

Cedric wanted to change into his snake form so badly (A/N: Work with me here... you have to admit, staying in that small human body must get pretty annoying... and uncomfortable.), but he didn't want to change in front of Isis and scare her. Not that he didn't think she would stop seeing him, 'Maybe later...' he thought as he ate pizza and watched snakes mate.

Isis smiled as she watched the pretty snakes on the t.v. A second later, lightning flashed, knocking out all the power in her apartment. The thunder roared loudly, spooking Isis to hide her face on Cedric's arm.

"I want to watch the snakes..." Cedric said sadly as he stared at the blank t.v. Looking down at Isis, he noticed she was shivering. "Are you cold?" He asked, and Isis shook her head no.

"I hate lightning storms." She said, her grip tightening on Cedric's white shirt as another one lit the room. The cold wind from outside traveled down the chimney, and extinguished the fire in the fireplace, leaving the two of them in total darkness. (A/N: That would be so romantic! To makeout during a thunderstorm? sighs)

Cedric made to get up, but Isis held onto him.

"You don't have to unpack anymore things-just please, don't leave me." Isis begged him.

Cedric couldn't help but smile, "I'm just going to light some candles. I saw some in the box in the corner." Easily scooping up Isis, who weighed nothing, he placed her on the cushy couch. Isis let him go, and waited while she watched his figure walk out of her sight.

Cedric could see perfectly fine in the dark, but he wanted Isis to see as well. He lit a few candles and placed them on the t.v. He walked back over and sat next to Isis, who immediately clung to his arm. Feeling uncomfortable, he slipped his arm over her shoulders and rested his head on the couch.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Isis asked him quietly, her voice shaking with fear. Lightning flashed above them, making Isis hide her face in his shirt, causing a foreign smile to play across Cedric's lips.

"No." Cedric said softly.

"Are your employee's allowed to date you?" She asked quietly.

"Date?"

"Sorry. It was a stupid question. Of course they aren't." Isis said, mentally slapping herself.

"No-continue, I'm interested." Cedric said, placing his glasses in his pocket on a box at his feet. He was growing tired.

Isis yawned, "Movies, ice cream, making out."

"Making out?" Cedric asked, making Isis smile.

'Is my boss really pure? He's so good looking!' "You?ll see later." She said, listening to Cedric yawn.

"Sounds interesting... how about this weekend. You've got work in the morning." He

said sleepily, feeling his eyes droop.

Isis, who was dozing off, didn't feel Cedric transform into his normal snake-lie form, "Sound's great..." She said as she fell asleep. (A/N: ...I said work with me! I would have noticed his snake scales on me and freaked, She probably is so used to henry doing that... she didn't really notice...)

Cedric smiled as he fell asleep.