Title - Love Is For Thieves
Chapter Title - We all knew
Author - OblivionsGarden
Genre - Romance/Adventure
Disclaimer - I do not own The Thief Lord in anyway, shape or form. I only own my original characters and the plot for this fic. (Based off the film, not the book.)
A/n - Ah, tis the end. Never mind. :) Leave me a review you lovely people, x
C.12
Autumn's Pov...
When I awoke in the morning I realized that I had my head in Scip's lap. I blushed, regardless of the fact that everybody else was still asleep, and got up, making sure not to wake the sleeping Thief Lord. I made my way into the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea. When I sat down with the steaming mug, I heard a yawn from the doorway and looked up to find Scip, smiling bleary eyed at me.
"Want a cup?" I asked, smiling at the way his long dark hair was sticking up in odd angles. he nodded with another yawn. I made him a cup of tea and sat back down.
"So, what did you want to talk to me about last night?" He asked, taking a sip.
"Oh." I'd completely forgotten my plan to tell him how I felt. "Um..." Luckily however, Ida came padding into the kitchen in her fluffy slippers at that precise moment.
"Morning." She beamed.
"How can you be so cheerful in the morning?" Asked Scip, resting his head in his hand and closing his eyes.
"Well some of us didn't stay up telling stories till the early hours. Oh dear."
"What's wrong?" I frowned.
"We're all out of coffee."
"We'll go get some for you if you like. Won't we Scip." His chocolate brown eyes fluttered open to watch me curiously.
"We will, will we?" I nodded hoping he'd remember that I said I wanted to talk to him in private. "Fine, I'll go and get my shoes."
As we walked through the streets, people were stumbling out of their houses half sleep and definitely not ready for the days work. Scipio was silent for a while until we got nearer to the centre of the market place.
"So, that thing you wanted to talk about..."
"Oh, yes. Um...I'm not really sure how I should go about saying it."
"I find just, saying it helps."
"Well aren't you grumpy this morning." I smirked.
"I couldn't sleep. Sorry."
"It's alright. Why couldn't you sleep?"
"Just thinking about things."
I nodded in understanding as we approached a stall that sold the brand of coffee that Ida preferred. "Anything specific?" I asked picking up a tub.
He seemed to take a deep breath, preparing for something. "You, actually."
Scipio caught the tub of coffee when it slipped from my fingers at the shock of his words. "Me? Why were you thinking about me?" I tried to regain my composure as I paid for the coffee and we left the stall.
"Storm. There's something I need to tell you."
"Yeah, I need to tell you something too."
"Oh, ladies first."
"Um, well..." I paused as we stopped in the middle of the gradually increasing crowds of the market place. "I think I...no, no. I know that I...I love you." I finally got the words out as I looked down at my shoes. My cheeks felt like they were on fire.
"Autumn, look at me." Reluctantly I lifted my head and saw his dark eyes, twinkling in the early morning sun. His face was alot closer than I expected so my nose very narrowly missed his when I moved. "I love you too." He whispered. I couldn't help but grin as he moved his head a little closer and pressed his warm lips to mine.
"Oh, get a move on, would you?" Came a male voice behind me. We pulled apart, both flushing when we realized we were still in the middle of the crowd.
"Leave 'em alone." Scolded an elderly woman from Scip's side. "They're in love, you miserable old git." She smiled warmly at the pair of us and continued with her day.
We walked back to Ida's hand in hand, smile's on our faces. That was until we saw Scip's dad glaring at us from across the street. I glared back at him but Scip laughed and gave him a small mocking wave. Hearing him laughing at his dad made my grin, if possible, even wider as we walked back. Hornet was the first to spot us through the open kitchen window. She beamed before turning to Prop to say something. Prop turned, saw us, nodded in acknowledgment and planted a kiss on Hornet's cheek, much to the amusement of Mosca and Riccio.
"I knew it! I knew it!" Riccio laughed as we centered through the door, handing the coffee to Ida.
"Riccio, we all knew it." Commented a bemused Scip pulling up a stool. Riccio spotted out joined hands and turned now to point at us. "I knew that as well. I knew it!"
"Again, Riccio." Smiled Ida. "We all did."