Insomnia

She lay face down on her pillow, her chocolate brown locks flaring around her, growling in frustration, she rolled onto her back. Why was it so hard to get to sleep!? She had been tossing and turning furiously for hours, one thing plaguing her mind: Elfman Strauss.

She ran a hand through her hair restlessly, grabbing her pillow from underneath her and slamming it on her face. Once she was sure it was sound proof, she drew in a breath and screamed at the top of her lungs, although it came out like a muffled whimper. She threw the pillow at the wall; a feeling of accomplishment filled her as it fell to the floor with a satisfying thump, and sat bolt-right up.

"Why is that moron stopping me from sleeping!? God damn it, Elfman! Leave me alone!" She groaned, falling back onto her bed with a huff of resentment. She swept a few stands of hair from her glistening face, beads of sleepless sweat clung to her, sticking wisps of her short fringe to her forehead. She closed her eyes… blackness… inky, dreamless dark swirled around her. A content smile adorned her lips then bam!

He flooded her vision, his crystalline mane, his tan skin, his soul-searching onyx eyes, his brawny and muscled arms, his sun-kissed lips… his everything. She let out an exasperated cry, snarling as she attempted to force him from her mind. But it was to no avail, her plea for peace fell on deaf ears. She took a deep, aggravated breath and dragged herself out of bed, shoving a large jersey over her short pyjama pants and long shirt. With an edgy yawn she forced her converse onto her feet, grabbing her keys and glasses, and exited the apartment block.

It was an unsafe area and wasn't one of her smartest ideas, traipsing around in the early hours of the morning. Although, if any creepy weirdos tried to jump her she could just turn them to stone. She wrapped her arms tightly around her slim waist, shivering slightly in the night air. Why was she doing this again? Oh yeah, that stupid take-over mage wouldn't leave her head! She let out a low, growl and began muttering to herself.

"Where am I even going?" She started, glaring at the floor, "I might as well just go for a walk, I'm not going to get to sleep any time soon... Stupid Elfman, with his stupid face and his stupid, stupid muscles and his stupid, stupid face!"

She sighed heavily and carried on down the dimly lit streets, hugging herself in an attempt to keep as much of her body warmth in her body as she could. She gazed up at the starts, watching with awe as the flickered and twinkled majestically across the slowly lightening skies. It wasn't quite dawn, but as Ever watched, she could see the beginnings of black turning to lavender.

'I wonder what it would be like to be a star,' She thought, a ghost of a smile adorning her rosy lips, 'Not a care in the world, up in the heavens shooting and spiraling...' She shook the thought from her head and looked back to the pavement, she knew this area, where exactly were her feet taking her?

Her eyes widened. 'No,' but it was too late, she was almost there. She could see the outline of the apartment block already. She felt like crying, but she held herself together, it made sense really. Maybe he could help her? She scoffed and rolled her eyes, yeah, sure, he'd so help her at this time in the morning. No matter what her brain tried to tell her feet, they just kept moving, gradually coming to a faster pace. Suddenly her feet stopped. She was there, at the door, she combed a hand through her tangled tresses and grabbed a hair tie from her pocket, swiftly sweeping it up into a high pony tail. She adjusted her glasses, and without a seconds thought she hammered on the door, when there was no answer she pounded harder. Suddenly the door was flung open.

"What?!" Elfman growled, Ever's jaw dropped. He stood in the door way, snow white hair tousled from sleep and dark circles under his eyes, wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. Her eyes widened and a crimson blush crept up her neck and along her cheeks. "E-Ever? It's ... 4 am... why are you at my house?"

"I... er... um..." She stuttered, blinking rapidly, then anger flared and her eyes narrowed, "WOULD YOU JUST GET OUT OF MY HEAD, YOU HOT, ANNOYING... JERK!" And with that she reeled her clenched fist back and punched him square in the chest. He stumbled back slightly, gaping at her in complete astonishment, then she did it again, and again, tears slipping from her eyes and splashing with a clink on the doorstep. The third time she hit him he caught her small fist in his hand.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" With that she promptly broke down into a fit of sobs, raking hiccups escaping her lips, as he took her face in his hands, whipping away at the salty tears that flowed freely down her reddened cheeks. As soon as they lost contact with her skin they hardened, turning into droplets of smooth stone, "Evergreen, w-what's wrong? W-why are you crying?"

"I-I... just..." She was lost for words, biting her trembling lip and staring brokenly into his eyes. He pulled her close stroking her hair and rubbing her back soothingly.

"Why don't you come in?" He led her into the house, closing the door and sitting her down on the couch. He wrapped his arms around her, puling her closer as she lent her head on his chest.

"Elfman...?" She yawned, her eyes fluttering closed and electing a tired hum from the take-over mage, "Thank you..."

With that they both slipped into a dream-filled sleep, held in each other's arms.

A/N: I know it's late and I'm sorry, I had a real problem with what to write in this chapter!

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