Yay! I have just finished my exams for the next few months and am free! (or so to speak) But I will be updating much more often and with longer chapters...I've also considered changing this fiction to a lesser rating but let me know what you think of Scorpio and Meggie's fued...
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Meggie slid deeper into the bathtub and sighed contently when the smell of the rose petals and lavender hit her nostrils, her eyes sliding closed as she breathed heavily. Her happiness however was short-lived, with the door banging open from across the room, waking her from her drowsy state. Meggie lurched upwards, causing water to splash over all sides of the bath, leaving very little water within it left and for the coldness of the room to hit her instantly. Scorpio entered, hair wild and face stern. Meggie had always found that as Capricorns son he couldn't look any different, any other woman would have looked at him to be drastically and dangerously appealing. Meggie however loathed him to the point that she refused to be swayed by his more than comely appearance, at least most of the time, today however his eyes glinted with a fierceness that made her instinctively hyper aware of her lack of modesty.
But as he stood there his expression shifted from stern to amused within a heartbeat, shamelessly his eyes roamed over her body, a spark of desire ignited as a glint in his eye appeared at noticing her hardened nipples, which immediately caused for Meggie to cover herself and glare indignantly at him. He noticed this and typical to his lack of unrefined nature, grinned further showing his white straight teeth, looking her in the eye. He leaned down, rolling both sleeves up over his lean, tanned arms that immediately flexed with the movement. To her surprise he merely leaned down and spread the water over his face, brushing the drops away with the back of his hand. Meggie clutched her breasts in one hand and concealed her modesty with the other, she gazed at him half with hate and the other with curiousyy, but nonetheless leaned as far away from him as she could. He seemed to notice this and locked his gaze with hers, saying words that immediately caused a drop in temperature.
"Seems like an old friend has come to make up for past mistakes" he said, his voice though traced with laughter hid a darker undertone as Meggie, confused, raised a brow in questioning. He dropped his head, a grin easily visible and once containing his obvious glee turned back to look at her; still crouching and spoke softly, so that she almost didn't hear him. "Dustfinger's back, love, and if I believe my ears he seems to think himself your rescuer, poor little victim that you are, eh?" his grin approached once more and he continued. " How well did you know this fella anyway, clearly innocent little Meggie disappeared a long time ago..in more than one way" he leered. Meggie however was done listening.
Dustfinger. That was all she had heard, the name repeating itself over and over. With a sudden burst of determination she stood, bearing her curvaceous body to him without a hint of her former self consciousness, only emphasising that she was no longer that young girl.
Scorpio's head shot up as he gazed up at her, shocked. Meggie only smirked and leaned down and whispered to him, "You have no idea", with that she stepped from the bath, not without spraying him with cold water and strode over the other side of the room, throwing a towel over herself. She stayed silent for the next few minutes until Scorpio with barely concealed impatience spoke once again, "come little girl, I'd hate to miss Dustfingers face when he see's the real you." he spoke.
However even as he said it he knew he was lying, a little girl she may have been 5 years ago but now at seventeen he could barely disguise his arousal that was becoming more and more uncomfortable as his breeches tightened. He looked long and hard at Meggie, with her long blonde hair that cascaded down across her shoulders and back, touching her waist, laying slick across a body that he could only describe as perfection. Curves that many would pay for with a slimness that ached to be touched. Her soft blue eyes flared with anger as she venomously spat out a response, "You repulse me Scorpio, just as your father repulses me".
With that he bit back a retort and disguised his anger with his trademark smirk, which he knew only angered her more. "Be that as it may Meg, don't make me drag you by the towel..we both know I'd enjoy it far too much.." Meggie's eyes widened but she quickly resumed her cool demise, "Fine, I'll be 5 minutes, I wouldn't miss this for the world" she replied with a look that made even Scorpio sympathise slightly for what Dusfinger was soon in for. "Poor Bastard" he said to himself as he slid out the heavy door and waited for the snake to change her skin.