Disclaimer: I do not own The Infernal Devices, because if I did, the series would have been a lot longer.
Into the Night
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The walk back the institute was spent in a comforting silence. His hand gripping hers softly; her gripping back. By the time they were climbing the steps in front of the institute, it was seven in the morning. After pressing her lips to his in a soft, lingering kiss, Cecily hurried to her room, hoping to change before breakfast. As she exited her room- dressed in a silky dark blue afternoon dress- she ran into Sophie. Dropping the stack of papers the brunette was holding. Sophie looked up, eyes bright.
"Pardon me Miss Heron- Cecily; I wasn't watching where I was headed." Sophie apologized; scrambling to where the majority of the papers had fallen.
"That's quite alright, Sophie. Are those for the wedding?" Cecily asked, referring to the mountain of papers that were now in Sophie's slim arms.
"Wedding invitations," she clarified, "although I begged Gideon to write them for his penmanship is much nicer than mine; he claimed that mine was better." Sophie sighed at the end of her reply.
"Well, if you like I can help you; you still need a dress, don't you?" Her blue eyes were shining, she loved weddings.
Though the only weddings she had been too had been mundane and very unlike Shadowhunter weddings, the idea had always appealed to her.
"Oi!" Sophie said abruptly, "I meant to ask you if you would accompany me and Tessa shopping for dress material –for you as well as myself – later today."
"Well, that would be lovely." Cecily said sincerely, a soft smile making its way onto her lips.
"Do you think you could speak at the wedding? Gideon is getting Gabriel to write a speech as well."
"Of course I will!" Cecily had always been good with words, and loved writing.
With one last smile, Sophie rushed down the hall, stopping outside Gideon's- and soon to be her own- bedroom door.
Smiling to herself, Cecily wandered down the hall, descending the steep steps at the very end that led to the lower floor.
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Wandering down the streets of London, for the second time that day, Cecily sighed as the Institute came into view. She had been out with Sophie and Tessa for a long while- it was long passed dinner, probably about nine in the evening- and longed to retire for the night.
When they finally reached the steps of the Institute, holding dark blue material, almost the shade of her eyes, and a shimmering gold one, she was exhausted. Placing the blue material on the table in the library, she started her search for Gabriel.
After searching his room, the training room, the stables, the dining room and Gideon's room –only to find him locked in a tight embrace with Sophie – she walked back to her own room.
Opening her bedroom door, she found a shirtless Gabriel sprawled across her bed, snoring softly.
She laughed lightly at him and quickly changed into her night attire. After braiding her hair down her back, she quickly climbed into the bed, enveloping herself in Gabriel's embrace. As she placed his arm around her waist, he squirmed around and slowly woke up; his eyes clouded with sleep.
"Well, well," He said with a smile "Look who finally made it back." he said with a wide grin.
"Well, well," she mocked "Look who decided to break the rules and stay in a room alone with an unwed lady." She replied.
"If you want me to leave then-"
He removed his arms from around her waist; moving to exit the room.
"No!" she said quickly, grabbing his hand and guiding it back around her waist. "Stay," she whispered.
He smiled to himself, laying his head back down as she snuggled into his chest.
She kissed his bare chest and mumbled a 'goodnight' before slipping into a peaceful slumber; her dreams filled with piercing green eyes.
x-x-x
A frantic knock on the door woke Cecily and Gabriel out of their slumber in the early hours of morning. Rising from the bed, Gabriel opened the door to find Gideon, hair tousled, eyes bloodshot.
"Oh thank Angel I found you!" Gideon exclaimed.
"What is it Gideon?" Gabriel hardly ever saw Gideon like this. He was genuinely worried.
Tears built up in Gideon's hazel eyes.
"It's Sophie."
An earth-shattering scream pierced the air.
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Love Always,
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