Catch Me

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Chapter 3: Fuzzy Wuzzy

As soon as they got back to the apartment Robert collapsed tiredly on the couch and closed his eyes. Morgan went to the kitchen to look for a snack to tide her over until dinner. Giselle sat down quietly next to Robert and just looked at him.

The one thing she noticed was his five o'clock shadow. She had never seen a man with stubble before. She'd seen plenty of wizards and dwarves with beards but never anyone with just stubble. Reaching out, she gently ran her fingertips across his jaw bone and felt the prickly hairs against her sensitive skin. Robert smiled at her and slowly opened his eyes to look at her. She seemed strangely fascinated by his facial hair and continued to stroke his chin softly.

"You better be careful or you'll get splinters," Robert said grinning and taking Giselle's hand in his and kissing her knuckles. Giselle was naïve but she wasn't dumb. She smiled and snuggled up to him, burying her face into his chest and snaking her arms around his lean torso. This felt so good. Every time she touched him she felt so many things, a lot of them she couldn't name, but one stood out above them all: love.

Robert wrapped his arms around her shoulders and hugged her closer to him while gently placing a kiss to the top of her head then resting his cheek there.

"Did you have fun today?" Robert asked her as he listened to the steady rhythm of her heartbeat next to his.

"Oh yes, I think Morgan had a good time too. I hope we didn't spend too much of your money." Giselle said into his shirt.



"Don't worry about it. If you're going to be staying with us you're going to need a few things. Speaking of which, if you're tired of sleeping on the couch we can buy you a bed, if you want?" Robert asked even though he didn't really want her to get another bed. He didn't want her to sleep on the couch either. What he really wanted was for her to sleep in his bed so he could wake up to her beautiful face every morning. He also didn't want to move too fast for her either. He didn't know how things worked in Andalasia after the "happily ever after"; obviously not much. She was so innocent to everything in this world and the last thing he wanted was to make her uncomfortable.

He couldn't lie to himself and say he wasn't physically attracted to her either, but he knew that, just like most other things, she was naïve when it came to other forms of intimacy. They would cross that bridge when they got there, but for now he just wanted for her to be comfortable, wherever she might be.

Giselle was thinking about this as well. She didn't really want her own bed or to sleep on the couch forever either. She wished that she could stay in Robert's arms just as they were now.

"Do men and women not sleep in the same bed here?" Giselle asked curiously. "Is that why Nancy was so upset when she found out that I had slept here?"

Robert had to admit that she was catching on rather quickly. He didn't know how things worked in Andalasia, but he didn't really know how things were supposed to work with your true love either. He looked at her questioning eyes and thought about all the other things she potentially didn't know about; certain female things that he just would not, could not explain to her.

"Well usually men and women don't live together unless they're married," Robert explained watching her carefully. She bowed her head disappointedly.

"Oh well, I guess that makes sense. In Andalasia, no one lives together before they're married either, but I think that's because everyone is married so fast." Giselle whispered. The thought of living somewhere else by herself was not too appealing to her. Robert and Morgan were the only friends she had in New York and she would get lonely living all by herself. She also didn't want to take advantage of their kindness either. Robert gently lifted her chin so she was looking into his eyes.

"I'd love for you to stay with us, and we don't have to decide about getting a bed or not today." Robert comforted her. "For now you can stay on the couch, I'm just worried that it's too uncomfortable for you."



"Hmmm I don't know. It's pretty cozy right now" Giselle whispered while snuggling deeper into his chest. Robert gently rubbed his hand up and down her upper arm and couldn't help but agree whole-heartedly with her.