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Grandier & Grandier Law

I slipped the pillow off my head, my alarm clock blared 'Always by Killswitch Engage' through speakers of my sound system. My hand sleepy smacked the table next to my bed, finally hitting the alarm clock shutting it off. I yawned sleepily sitting up in bed, I heard the door of my bedroom open, in walked my best friend since grade school and roommate Giles.

“Adra wake up you can't be late on your first day”

I rubbed my eye, looking at him. Fully clothed, punctual as always.

“I'm up, I'm up”

He dug through my closet and threw clothes at me,

“Here wear this, if your late it will look bad on both of us.”

Giles left, I went to the bathroom to change. I walked out of my bedroom, grabbing my briefcase that was on the table Giles pushed me from behind out the door. We arrived at the tall office building the huge sign outside read 'Grandier and Associates' I shrunk back, I was nervous as hell. I recently graduated law school and this was my first job since, I never imagined I would be working for such a huge firm. Giles stood at the doors,

“Adra come on lets go”

I breathed out slowly and stepped inside the building Giles following closely behind me. We rode the elevator the thirteenth floor, it stopped with a jolt. The doors opened with a ding, there stood two men in suits. The one with short black hair stood with his head cocked clearly annoyed, talking viciously to the person on the other end of his cell phone. The other looked down at his cell phone scrolling through the screen, strands of his black hair falling in his face that wasn't held back in his ponytail. Giles stepped past them and waited for me, the man with long hair, looked up and our eyes locked. His sapphire eyes pierced right through me. I was stunned I couldn't move, I felt my face turning multiple shades of red. He smiled softly, making me melt. I felt a tug on my arm,

“I'm sorry Mr.Grandier, Lockhart lets go”

Giles pulled me by the arm and out of the elevator past the man. The strange man grabbed my free hand stopping me in my tracks,

“Lockhart? Adra Lockhart?”

“Um-yes”

“So your the new recruit, I'm pleased to meet you”

He took my hand and pressed it against his lips. I blushed profusely,

“I-um”

“How silly of me, I'm Sean Grandier.”

“Yo Sean lets go we have court in fifteen minutes”

The other man yelled holding the elevator doors.

“I'm coming Sid. Its great to have you with us. We will talk later okay”

I bowed slightly and smiled,

“Sure”

He waved as he disappeared behind the closing doors of the elevator. I stood in shock, watching the closed doors. I felt a smack on my back,

“Nice first impression on the boss Adra”

Giles chuckled heartily.

“Shut up Giles”

I sat at my desk in my new office, Giles had given me a new case to look over. I was to be his second chair, for his upcoming trial. I read through the case file, I briefly looked up at the clock and realized it had been hours since I moved, I rubbed my temples feeling a headache coming on.

“Ugh”

I sighed softly. Someone knocked softly on the door. I figured it was Giles coming to check up on me.

“What do you want Christophe?”

“Well I'm not Giles for one, but I did want to know if you would join me for lunch”

I looked up to see the owner of the voice, I stood up quickly.

“Oh Mr. Grandier. I'm sorry I dint realize it was you”

“Call me Sean please”

He smiled as he tucked his hair behind his ear. I could see his perfectly chiseled face, his adorable dimples graced his face as he smiled. I felt my cheeks heat up, I looked down trying to hide my embarrassment.

“I would love to but, Giles asked me to look over this. I'm going to be his second chair for this trial. And I want to do well, since this is my first case.”

“I see, what case is it?”

“People V Howard”

He stepped beside me peeking at the documents spread across the desk. He leaned in close over my shoulder our faces mere inches from each other. I breathed in the manly smell of his cologne. I tried desperately to still my racing heart, it rang in my ears so loud I was sure he could hear it himself.

“Ah the mob boss is finally on trial for all those murders. That's a big case Adra”

I melted hearing him say my name,

“Uh-yeah it is”

He patted me on the back,

“Well I will take a rain check on the lunch until your done with the case, okay? Do your best and put that bastard away”

He smiled and waved leaving my office. I fell back into my chair with a sigh, my heart slowly returned to normal. Jeez, he didn't have to be so close to me. I thought I was going to faint,

“Jesus Christ, what a day.”

I pulled my hair back in a ponytail and picked up the file once more scanning through the evidence we had on Louis Howard. Before I knew it the clock read six in the evening and it was already getting dark outside.

“Hey you ready to go home?”

Giles came in and plopped down on the sofa. He cracked his neck back and forth,

“Yeah I'm ready”

I picked up the papers and shut them in my briefcase. Stepping out into the hall, I noticed we were the last to leave. The office seemed eerily quite, expect the soft sounds of a piano playing in the distance. I cocked my head to the sounds,

“Looks like Sean is still here. He listens to symphonies when he is working”

“Oh I see”

I followed Giles into the waiting elevator, we arrived at home I fell face first onto the couch exhausted. I let out a sigh of relief to feel the soft fabric against my skin. I rolled over to see Giles standing behind the couch, staring down at me. He smiled mischievously, I instantly rolled my eyes at him.

“Stop looking at me like that”

“I didn't say anything”

He laughed softly,

“Do you want something to eat?”

“Nah I think I'm just going to make smoothie and head to bed, I'm exhausted.”

“I'll make you a nutritious one, just relax you had an eventful first day”

He snickered,

“Fuck you Giles”

“I love you too bitch”

I closed my eyes as he went into the kitchen, I heard the blender start up and my consciousness slowly faded to black. Giles came back with a smoothie in his hand,

“Adra, are you already asleep?”

He watched her chest rise and fall slowly, her eyelids twitched slightly. He sat the glass down on the coffee table and walked to the linen closet. He came back with a fluffy blanket and threw it over her, he slipped her heels off her feet and tucked the blanket under her feet. He leaned down and kissed her forehead,

“Sleep well Princess”

He grabbed the glass sipping the contents and headed to his room. I awoke the next morning to the sun shining in my eyes from the living room window. I sleepily sat up and rubbed my eyes, I yawned and realized I was sleeping on the couch. Giles was quietly reading a newspaper at the dining room table.

“What the hell why didn't you wake me up?”

Giles laid down his newspaper, turned in his chair and looked at me. He grinned sheepishly,

“You looked so peaceful, I couldn't bring myself to wake you up”

“Ugh”

He looked down at his watch,

“By the way you have twenty minutes to get ready”

“What the fuck”

I jumped off the couch tripping over the blanket as I tried to scramble to my room. I heard Giles dying of laughter behind me, I quickly got dressed and somehow had five minutes to spare. I shoved the scrambled eggs and bacon into my mouth that Giles had prepared for me before running out the door behind him. The next few days went by in a flash and the court date finally came. I stood in the elevator with Giles trying to breathe deeply to calm my nerves. He looked down at me,

“You will be fine, I promise”

He placed his hand on my shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze. I smiled in response and breathed out slowly.

“Lets do this then”

I held my head high and walked into the court room, taking my seat at the prosecutors table next to Giles. A blonde man sat with his lawyer at the defense table, so this is Louis Howard. He was handsome, his clear blue eyes met mine and I quickly looked away. Giles leaned over and whispered into my ear,

“Looks like someone came to see your first case”

He motioned with his eyes to the seat behind us. I turned and looked over my shoulder, there sat Sean three benches behind us. He gave me a reassuring smile, I heard Giles beside me

“Looks like someone likes you”

“Shut up Giles, we aren't in high school anymore”

The bailiff entered the court room, followed by the judge, Byron Wagner. In his commanding voice he said,

“All rise!”

I stood with Giles and the others, watching the young man take his seat. I sat down and listened to Giles give his opening statement to the jury,

“Ladies and gentleman of the jury, today you will be presented with undoubted evidence and testimony that Louis Howard the notorious mob boss, tortured and killed three innocence people in cold blood. You will hear expert testimony linking him to the crimes by blood and fingerprints.”

Giles sat back down, the defense attorney and delivered his opening statement. I barely listened at all I was looking through the file, sorting out our witness list. After he was finished, he returned to his seat. Giles stood,

“The people call Robert Branche”

The man stepped through the doors and took his seat on the witness stand. Giles began to question the man about his relation to Louis and his whereabouts on the night in question. He was Louis' right hand man in the mob, sending out kill orders and making sure they went through, if not taking care of it himself. We had granted him immunity on all charges for his crimes for his testimony against Louis. Which the defense challenged on cross examination, stating that only reason he is saying these things about his client, was that his immunity was at stake if he didn't. We called the medical examiner next, she outlined the details of the murders, how each one had been killed with the same nine millimeter gun, one bullet to the head. After being beaten and tortured for hours. We broke for lunch at noon, I stepped outside the courtroom,

“You guys did great for the first day”

Sean said walking up behind me,

“Keep this up and we will definitely win this case”

He smiled brightly leaving towards the elevator. I grabbed a quick lunch before court came back in session. After two more witnesses, court adjourned for the day. The defense lawyer approached us outside along with is client.

“Ten to fifteen Christophe”

“Not a chance Timmons”

I spoke up resolve in my voice,

“If I have anything to do with it your client is going to prison for the rest of his life”

Louis looked at us visibly angered at our refusal, Giles gave me a quick slap on the back with a smile. I headed back to the office looking over documents. I went to Giles' office to ask him a question on the case, but he was now where to be found.

“Hmm...where could he be”

I pulled out my cellphone and called his number, the line trilled dully as I heard the sound of Beethoven's ninth symphony play in the background behind me. I saw a dim light shining under Sean's office door, I didn't notice Giles had already picked up the phone,

“Adra? Hello? Did you pocket dial me again?”

“Oh, I spaced out for a moment. Where are you? I had question about the case and”

“You are going to have to handle the case on your own”

“WHAT?”

My voice almost a scream into the phone, I could visualize Giles holding the phone away from his ear. His voice was hoarse,

“I got food poisoning from something I ate at lunch, I can barely crawl out of bed much less handle a court case”

“Dammit”

“What did you need to know about the case?”

“Its nothing, I'll figure it out. You rest and get better soon, Ill be home later okay”

“Yeah, goodnight”

“Goodnight”

I hung up the phone and softly beat my head against the wall beside his office. I felt a pit in my stomach, so I'm solo on Monday. Caught up in my despair I hadn't heard the door to Sean's office open.

“Adra your still here?”

I nearly jumped out of my skin at his voice. I turned to see him standing in the doorway, his undone tie hung loosely around his neck, the top few buttons of his shirt were unbuttoned, his hair laid perfectly against his shoulders free from its elastic prison. He looked amazing, I could do nothing but stare.

“You okay?”

He asked concerned, I quickly regained my composure,

“Uh yeah. I was looking for Giles and I guess he is at home sick. So I guess I'm first chair Monday at the trial. Looks like my weekend is ruined”

I blew out a puff of air. The stress was unbearable, I only have two days to prepare for this. Sean cleared his throat,

“Grab your papers, maybe I can help you prepare. This is your first case solo, I remember how nervous I was”

“I don't want to be a nuisance, I'm sure your busy with your own case”

“Nonsense”

He went back inside the door. I grabbed the paperwork on my desk and went to his office, he sat on the sofa and motioned me to sit beside him. I sat down and laid out the papers on the table in front of us.

“Hold on one second”

He stood and moved to turn off the music,

“Oh please leave it on, Beethoven is my favorite composer.”

“Oh really?”

He smiled and made himself and I a drink. He sat the strong whiskey down in front of me. The scent burned my nose,

“I don't think I should be drinking at work”

“Don't be silly, its not like the boss is going to catch you”

He said chuckling with a wink of his eye,

“Besides it will help you relax a little”

I smiled and took a small sip as he sat back down beside me. Time passed quickly as we went over the case together,I was on my third glass of whiskey already. In truth I was drunk, but it was nice sitting with Sean talking about nothing in particular,

“Wow you play violin?”

“Yeah my mother made me learn when I was little, she thought it would make me more cultured.”

“Heh, she sounds like my mom”

“What did your mother force you to play?”

“I learned the piano, but I soon fell in love with sound. Beethoven and Mozart quickly became my favorite composers. I even wrote a small symphony once.”

“Your amazing Adra and your are full of surprises”

I laughed lightly as leaned closer to me,

“I'm not that exciting”

I felt his breath on my cheek,

“You have to let me hear you play”

“Heh, only if you let me hear you”

I smiled shyly, my face turning different shades of red. I happened to look up at the clock it was almost midnight.

“Wow its getting late. I'd better get home before Giles calls for a search party”

I started to stand but fell right back into the couch. Sean tilted his head back against the couch and laughed,

“I don't think your going to make it home tonight. Your drunk”

“And whose fault is that?”

I puffed my cheeks out irritated at him. I rubbed my temples in annoyance.

“Look I'll call my driver to take you home, okay? Just stay here while I call him”

“Fine”

I laid my head back against the couch as he got up to call his driver, I quickly drifted off to sleep. Sean turned around to ask Adra her address,

“Adra? Damn she is asleep, never mind I'll just take her home with me. Yeah I'm sure, I'll meet you downstairs in five”

Sean walked over to her sleeping body and picked her up in his arms and carried her to his waiting limousine. I moved around in bed feeling the cool touch silk sheets against my skin. The bed beneath me so soft that it felt like it was sucking me in. My eyes snapped open, wait my bed is hard as a rock and my sheets are cotton not silk, where the hell am I? I cautiously pulled the blankets from my head, I laid in a four poster bed canopy bed, black lace hung down touching the floor. The lace blurred my vision of the rest of the room, the sky was a deep blue outside the sun hadn't even risen yet. I parted the lace and stepped out of the bed. Air chilled my naked legs, I quickly realized I was wearing an over sized shirt that hung all the way to my knees, I panicked. Holy shit where are my clothes? What the hell happened last night? I quickly rummaged through the huge room looking any article of my clothing. I didn't notice Sean was sleeping on the couch that sat underneath the window. I tripped over an ottoman sending me crashing to the floor,

“Ow dammit”

I sat on the floor holding my knee, Sean sat up and saw Adra on the ground. He watched as she resumed her search crawling around on the floor,

“Adra?”

I stopped dead in my tracks, oh shit who is that. Sean turned on a lamp that sat on a table beside the couch. I slowly looked in the direction of the light. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw his face. I fell back on my butt,

“You scared the life out of me Sean”

“I'm sorry, you fell asleep in my office. I didn't know where you lived so I brought you home with me.”

I quickly panicked,

“Did we, uh?”

I motioned my finger back and forth between him and I. He smiled broadly,

“No, no. I was a perfect gentleman. I slept on this couch all night”

I let out a breath, relieved that nothing happened. Sean rubbed his neck roughly,

“So it would have been terrible if it had?”

“No that's not it, I mean I would want to remember it if we did, uh-I ugh never mind”

My face flushed red, I heard him laugh as I hid my face in my knees,

“I'm just teasing you, I would want you to remember too”

I thought my heart was going to explode in my chest, he knelt down in front of me lifting my head from my lap. His gaze intense, my breathing quickened he was so close I thought our lips would touch any moment. Then he whispered his breath hot against my lips,

“Lets get you dressed”

He stood and walked out of the room, I sat there stupid look on my face. What the hell was that? I quickly got up and followed after him to the living room, Sid sat on the couch in nothing but pajama pants eating a cold slice of pizza watching the morning news. Our eyes locked,

“Your the new girl.”

“I-uh yeah”

He yelled over the back of the couch,

“Damn Sean you work quick don't you?”

“Nothing happened Sid”

“Mind if I move in then?”

He smiled mischievously starting to get up off the couch,

“Back off Sid”

“Dammit”

He fell back onto the couch and started to channel surfing paying me no mind. I held my face in my hands and quickly shuffled past him. I found Sean in the dining room, looking through women's clothing. I cocked my head to the side,

“Whats this?”

“Oh, I told my driver your size and had him pick out some clothes for you. I hope you don't mind.”

I ran my fingers across the fabric, I picked up a cute black v neck tee. The price tag fell from the neck, a hundred and fifty dollars?

“Sean I can't accept these, they are too expensive”

“Nonsense, a princess should be spoiled like one”

“Sean I'm no princess”

“Of course you are, every woman is.”

His words made me smile, he handed me a pair of ripped up blue jeans.

“Those we go perfectly together, go take a shower, the guest bathroom is in there”

He pointed down the hall,

“After your ready we will go have breakfast,”

“Sean I have to go home”

“I promise I will take you home after breakfast”

He flashed me a bright smile, I couldn't resist him. I went and took a hot shower, truthfully I needed it. The hot water cascaded down my back relieving any stress still built up in my shoulders. I stepped out and dried off, I put the clothes on that Sean had bought for me. My hair still damp I stepped out of the bathroom and made my way to the kitchen where I heard the sound of cups clinking together. Sean stood behind the island pouring coffee into two mugs, he was freshly showered, his black hair still damp the fresh scent of his cologne tickled my nose. I exhaled opening my eyes, he was staring at me not saying a word. I felt increasingly uncomfortable,

“What is it?”

“Nothing you look beautiful is all”

I looked down at my feet,

“Coffee?”

He held the cup out to me,

“Yes please”

I took the mug and sipped the delicious contents. After finishing our coffee we went to a little cafe, the smell of fresh baked pastries made my stomach growl in an unladylike like manner. I grabbed it hoping Sean didn't hear, a young lady showed us to our seat and took our orders.

“This place has the best breakfast food I have ever eaten”

“It smells delicious in here”

I smiled softly taking in the scenery of the cafe, the smells, the artwork, and the chatter of happy people. Sean watched Adra as she looked at the paintings on the walls, running her fingers across the wall next to her painted with a mural. His chest suddenly felt warm watching her,

“Hey Adra”

“Hmm?”

I continued to trace my fingers across the lines of the mural on the wall.

“Do you want to go to the art museum after this?”

Sean hoped she would say yes, he didn't want to let her go.

“I would love to, but I need to check up on Giles”

“Oh I see”

He looked down clearly disappointed, a pit formed deep in his stomach. He looked up at Adra, her face conflicted.

“Hey how about this, I'll go with you to check on Giles and if everything is okay, then we can go to the museum.”

Her face lit up,

“Deal”

We finished our breakfast and headed to my apartment, it was substantially smaller than his. I started to feel anxious about him coming up. We rode the elevator silently to the fifth floor, I walked to my door sliding the key into the lock. I opened the door and stepped in, thank god the place is actually clean for once.

“Giles, you here?”

I called out loudly throwing my keys on the table by the door,

“Yeah I'm in here”

His voice coming from his bedroom. I went to his bedroom and saw him lying in bed a pale sweaty mess,

“God you look terrible”

“I would tell you the same but your looking hot mama, who are you looking all sexy for?”

Sean stepped in the door behind me,

“Oh I see”

Giles said under his breath, I rolled my eyes instinctively.

“What do I owe the pleasure of your visit Sean?”

“Adra needed to check up on you, before I took her to the museum”

I looked over at Sean,

“Only if your well enough to leave to leave you alone that is”

“I'm fine, I called Alyn. So he should be here soon.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes you kids have fun”

I kissed his forehead and left, Sean stayed behind,

“Get better soon Giles”

“I will and you take care of Adra”

“I will”

I ran into Alyn while leaving,

“Hey Alyn”

“Adra, hows he doing?”

“Being a drama queen as always”

We both stood there laughing as Sean entered the room,

“Ah Alyn this Sean, our boss and Sean this Alyn, Giles' partner.”

They shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. Giles called for Alyn from his bedroom, I giggled,

“Good luck”

Alyn rolled his eyes and waved us goodbye,

“Thanks”

We left the apartment, walking through the streets of downtown. I felt like I was in my own world with Sean, even through the hustle and bustle of people roared around us. I felt a drop of rain hit the tip of my nose causing me to look up, then the rain began to pour down, I squeaked,

“Oh god that's cold”

“Come on this way”

Sean grabbed my hand and lead us into the park taking shelter under a gazebo. I t was raining so hard I could barely see the figures of people walking. I looked over to Sean, his hair was dripping wet clinging to his face, his white shirt was completely transparent. I could clearly see the outline of his muscles, my body was growing hot in contrast to the goosebumps the littered my bare skin.

“Damn where did this rain come from?”

“Heh, figures it would rain with my luck”

I tore my eyes from the erotic sight which was Sean. I shivered as the wind blew past us, chilling my skin even further. I felt Sean's arms wrap around me, my face pressed against his chest. My heart began beating rapidly,

“You must be freezing”

“I'm okay”

“Just let me warm you up”

I looked up at Sean his eyes meeting mine, our faces drew closer to each other like magnets that couldn't be pulled away from each other. Our lips touched as a rumble of thunder boomed across the sky. I felt electricity course through my lips to my toes. He pulled away leaving me breathless, his forehead touching my own. His breath hot and ragged on my nose as I looked up into his eyes, our lips met again and again in hot feverish attempt to overpower the other. Before I knew it I was in his arms, my legs wrapped around his waist. His kisses trailing down my neck to my collarbone, soft moans escaped my lips, gripping the wet tresses of hair.

“Sean we...can't...not here”

I panted heavily. He looked up at me, a disheveled mess he had made me.

“Ill call us a ride”

He held onto me tight pulling his phone out of his pocket calling his driver. Five minutes later a car pulled up to our location, he let me down softly and we ran to the car getting soaked all over again. We arrived back his apartment, it was dimly lit from the storm raging outside.

“Sid?”

Sean yelled inside the apartment,

“Looks like he isn't here”

He looked at me with devilish eyes over his shoulder. Those eyes made me heat up from inside again, he pushed me against the wall he towered over me. He whispered in my ear, his voice husky

“Are you ready to finish what we started?”

I nodded my head in agreement, his lips crashed into mine leaving me breathless. I soaked in the heat radiating from his body. I wanted him, craved him to my very core, from the moment I first laid eyes on him. I pushed my body hard against him, as I clawed at his wet shirt. He pulled away very breathing heavy,

“Lets go somewhere more comfortable”

He picked me up in his arms carrying me to his bedroom, he sat me gently on the edge of the bed. He pulled his shirt from over his head the droplets of water from his hair landed on his chest rolling down each set of abs to the top of his jeans. I couldn't resist it any longer, I placed my hands on his chest feeling his racing heart beneath. I scraped my nails lightly over his stomach, a soft groan escaped his lips.

“Adra”

His voice lit a fire deep inside my stomach, I wanted him now. Eyes full of lust he climbed onto the bed hovering over me showering my exposed body parts with hot breathy kisses, his eyes lighting up with each article of clothing he shed from my body. Meanwhile Sid had come home and noticed the wet footprints on the carpet leading to Sean's room. He ,quietly walked to the door and leaned his ear against it, soft moans escaped Adra's lips, while Sean made rhythmic groans.

“Ah Sean”

Sid listened to her muffled screams, he grin sheepishly and went to his room for the night. I awoke to the singing of birds outside the window, the day was bright and beautiful. I tried to get up and I felt a heavy weight around my waist. It was Sean's arm wrapped around me holding me close to his chest. I grinned slightly remembering the night before events. I felt him stir next to me, he breathed in the smell of my hair and smiled,

“Good morning princess”

“Good morning Sean”

“Sleep well?”

“Mm-hmm”

He kissed the tip of my ear lobe,

“Did you have fun last night?”

I giggled as his breath tickled my ear,

“Yes”

He kissed my neck down to my shoulder, he whispered against my skin

“Its such a beautiful Sunday morning”

My eyes widened,

“Oh my god its Sunday and I haven't prepared for the case at all!”

I held my hands in my hands, dammit, I'm going to screw this case up! In a panic I jumped out of bed, and started putting on my still damp clothes. Sean wrapped a sheet around his waist and stopped me,

“Calm down, I'm going to be your second chair. We can prepare together”

“You are going to be my wing man?”

“Heh, yeah I guess I am”

He placed a soft kiss on my forehead, he went to the bathroom where he got dressed. I sat down on the sofa and started to go over documents, who I was going to call, what I was going ask, I huffed out a puff of air pulling my hair back in a messy ponytail. The sound of Mozart's Requiem in d minor flooded my ears with beautiful music, Sean came and plopped down beside me cracking his knuckles.

“Okay lets get started”

We worked nonstop well into the afternoon, I yawned softly looking at my cellphone one o'clock. I felt better after Sean helped me and reassured me he would be there for me until Giles came back.

“Its about time I headed home”

“If you insist, although you could stay here another night, Ill make sure you get up for court tomorrow”

He grinned at me,

“Heh, thank you but I need some clean clothes and a shower. I'm sure Giles is dying ask me a million questions too.”

“Alright I'll walk you out”

I followed Sean to front door, passing Sid relaxing on the couch again watching sports center this time. He nodded as we passed, a smile on his face. Sean opened the door, I stood in the threshold looking up at him,

“Are you sure you will okay walking home?”

“I'll be fine Sean”

He leaned down pressed his lips softly to mine, I pulled away

“If you keep kissing me like that, I won't want to leave”

He smiled and leaned in for another kiss, I pressed my index finger against his lips stopping him. He frowned, I kissed his cheek and left a huge smile on my face. I stood outside the building looking up at the windows kicking myself because I left. I didn't want to leave but I also didn't want things to move to fast either. I turned down main street, it should take me about fifteen minutes to get home from here. I walked slowly pulling the collar of my jacket close to my face, the cool wind chilled my exposed neck. I kept my head down while I walked, my phone starting ringing in my pocket. I stopped and pulled out my phone to see who it was, I laughed answering the phone.

“Sean I just left”

“ I just wanted to make sure your okay, where are you?”

“I;m outside the old cbgb's store, I'm about five minutes from the apartment”

“Do you want me to come get you?”

“I'm fine really”

A black van pulled up behind me while I talked to Sean, I felt a pair of strong arms grab me from behind causing me drop my phone with a scream. I heard Sean yelling from the phone,

“Adra! Whats wrong? Oh god”

“Sean!”

A man placed a white rag doused in chloroform, over my mouth I blacked out in seconds as they pulled me into the van. Sean yelled on the other end of the phone,

“Adra, I'm coming just hold on!”

Sean ran as fast as he could, finally coming to the cbgb building. He stopped huffing and puffing, he saw Adra's phone laying on the ground. He picked it up and held it to his chest, he quickly called the cops. I awoke in a to find myself in a dimly lit room of something that looked like an old warehouse, my head pounded. I soon found out I bound to a wooden chair, I began to kick and scream. The door to the room opened and in strolled Louis Howard, he clicked his tongue dissatisfied.

“A lady should not conduct herself in this manor”

“What do you want?”

He grinned widely as he stepped beside me and punched me square in the jaw the brass knuckles that he wore breaking it instantly. Blood poured from my mouth, another blow landed in my chest taking my breath away, the next landed in my stomach. He leaned in and whispered closely to my ear,

“You should have took my plea deal”

I blacked out from the immense pain slumping over in the chair. Louis looked down at Adra's limp body, he spoke to one of his men,

“Call me when she is wake”

Sean sat in the police precinct clenching his fists, a sweaty and nervous mess. Giles sat next to him his hands on his head, shaking his leg uncontrollably. Two detective came to speak to him and Giles,

“I'm detective Burkhardt and this detective Meier. We are the leads on your missing friends case”

“We are going to do our very best to find her”

Sean hung his head low and blamed himself for letting her leave, letting her walk home alone. Giles shed tear after tear, praying nothing had happened to her. I raised my head I was still in the same room, I could only open one eye, the other had been swollen shut. My breathing was ragged, I had no idea what day is was or what time it is for that matter, all I could see in the dim light that hung over head. Louis walked in the room again shortly after I had awoken. My body wavered and my head moved from side to side as I tried to look at him in his cold eyes. I struggled to speak my jaw throbbed,

“Why..are...doing...this?”

Its all I managed to say, I hung my head relishing the pain in my mouth. Louis cleared his throat,

“I told you that you should have taken my plea, now you going to pay with your life”

He pulled my head back by my hair, spitting in my face. He punched me in the side, I felt my ribs cracking beneath his hand, I blacked out once more. Sean stormed in the precinct looking for Burkhardt and Meier, he found them and slammed Meier against the wall.

“Its been two days and you guys are sitting here eating donuts and drinking coffee, what the fuck are you guys doing?”

Burkhardt pulled Sean from Meier,

“Watch yourself Mr. Grandier or I will lock you up”

“Its fine Al”

He smoothed out his jacket slowly,

“Sean, you need to go home. We are doing all we can, I promise you will be the first to know if we find anything”

Sean slammed his fist against the wall his face red with anger storming out of the station. I felt ice cold water douse my body shocking me awake, the pain had become numb by this time. I looked up to see Louis before me once again, I felt the cold steel barrel of a gun touch my forehead, I prayed for death at that moment. I closed my eyes and remembered Sean's smile, I smiled slightly as Louis pulled the trigger, everything went black. They loaded Adra's lifeless body back into the van and dumped her under the East River bridge. Someone in a passing taxi saw her lifeless form and called police. Her pulse was shallow when they arrived, she was beaten beyond recognition. Taken to the hospital she was put into a medical induced coma. Sean was sitting at the apartment with Giles and Alyn, he didn't want to be alone. His cellphone started ringing in his pocket and after seeing Burkhardt's name on the screen he quickly answered it,

“Yes what it is? Did you find her?”

“Yes Mr. Grandier she is at the hospital in critical condition”

“Ill be right there”

He hung up the phone, Giles and Alyn quickly followed him to Mercy Hospital. They found her room, the sight of her made Sean's heart sink. A machine had to breathe for her, so many hoses and tubes coming out of her tiny body. He knelt next to her bed, grabbing her hand, squeezing it gently he started to cry. Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months. She still laid silent in the hospital bed, motionless. Sean hardly left her side at all, Giles came by to visit everyday. Today was special in particular, sentencing for Louis Howard started to today, they matched the dried saliva on Adra's face to his DNA. He was found guilty on three counts of murder and one count attempted murder, sentenced to life in prison without the possibly of parole. Sean looked over at Adra holding her hand,

“Did you hear that? You put him away for life”

Sean kissed her on the forehead. Tears started streaming down his cheeks, dropping on her face.

“We won Adra. We won my love”

Her body had completely healed but her brain activity still hadn't returned to normal. Sean played music for her every night, her favorites Mozart and Beethoven. He laid beside her holding her limp body close singing into her ear, the same song every night before he fell asleep,

“I am with you always, from the darkness of night, until the morning, I am with you always, from life until death takes me”

He kissed her forehead, whispering in her ear,

“I love you Adra, I fell for you the first day I met you. I can't bare going through life without such an amazing person by my side. Please if you hear me, wake up”

Her face twitched slowly, her hand squeezed his, Sean screamed for someone

“Doctor! Nurse! Come quickly”

Her brain scan began to beep showing signs of activity, her eyelids fluttered struggling to open. Sean stood at her side holding her hand tightly. I opened my eyes to harsh white lights, I held my hand in front of my eyes adjusting to the light my eyes psychically hurt but I could open them both. I was confused, the pain that racked my body before was gone. I heard a sniffle from beside me, I looked over to see Sea crying next to me a smile on his face.

“Your finally awake”

I struggled to speak but my voice was gone, the nurse held a cup of water. I sipped the cold liquid through the straw wetting my throat. I breathed in and tried again looking at Sean the entire time,

“I-I”

I cleared my throat once again,

“I heard everything you've said and I have to tell you something”

I felt hot tears stinging my eyes threatening to spill out.

“Thank you for the music, singing to me while holding me close to you, I thought I was never going to feel your touch again. You are the only reason I clung to live, but more importantly. I love you too”

Sean kissed my cheek softly. Another few months passed by before being released from the hospital, I had to learn how to walk again, my muscles had deteriorated to almost nothing. I stepped outside with Sean holding my hand, the dark blue ring on my finger shined in the sunlight. I let the light shine on my face, it had been almost year since I felt the rays of the sun on my skin. The warm breeze blew my hair into my eyes as I took a deep breath in, taking all the scents I have missed. Sean stood watching me

smiling, he pulled me close wrapping an arm around my waist,

“Miss Lockhart, shall we go see Giles? I'm sure he is dying to see you”

“Not right now, I want to do something else”

“What might that be?”

I smiled up him wrapping my arms around his neck,

“I've been dying to feel your touch again. Could we head to your place first?”

“Of course princess”

He smiled that smile that I envisioned the moment I thought I was going to die. Now I get to live with it for the rest of my life. I held his hand tightly never wanting to let go, he was my prince and I his princess. I knew the moment I laid eyes on him a year ago in that elevator, he had stolen my heart for eternity.

#enter sean grandier #sid arnault #midnight cinderella #midcin #midcinfanfic

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adralockhartfanfic · 8 years

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Angel Eyes

I had sworn off relationships altogether, it’s been 6 months since Alyn broke off our engagement. I had been with the man for 5 years of my life. Gave him my whole heart, but he found someone else. It was another Friday night; it just so happens it was Halloween. I watched the sun set in the distance from my big bay window in my living room, curled up on the couch hardly paying attention to the marathon of slasher movies that played on the flat screen above the fireplace. A single tear rolled down my cheek as I remembered his face and how it lit up when his favorite holiday came around. I heard the laughter of children outside then a knock, I quickly wiped my cheek and rushed to the door.

“Trick or Treat”

Three young kids said in unison, they made me smile. I quickly handed them candy each one saying thank you. I watched as they ran back to their parents waiting at the sidewalk for them. After they dispersed, only a man remained. He was tall, pale skinned, black hair with streaks of dark blue that accented his blue eyes. Fur lined black leather jacket tightly hugged his body. Damn he was gorgeous, our eyes locked for what seemed like an eternity. Suddenly my phone started blaring music from my jean pocket, causing to drop the bowl of candy in my hands. I fetched the phone from my pocket, I looked down to see the name of the caller across my screen. Lily my best friend, I answered the phone looking up to where the mysterious man stood. He was nowhere to be seen.

“Hey! Hey I know your there I can hear you breathing”

“Sorry”

“Jeez spaced out much”

“I just saw a-no never mind. What did you want?”

“Is that anyway to talk to your best friend? I can’t just call you to talk”

I rolled my eyes as I knelt to pick up the spilled candy.

“You never call me just to talk”

I could hear her scoff on the other end, I could imagine her face.

“I called to see if you wanted to go to a Halloween party with me tonight”

“I can’t Lil, I already have plans”

“Bullshit Adra, I bet you’re just sitting at home watching that same damn marathon you watch every year, giving out candy to kids and crying your eyes out because of that dickhead”

“Lil I- “

She cut me off immediately

“I’ll be there in twenty minutes, so suck it up and wear something cute”

Silence, she hung up. I picked up the bowl of candy and went back inside and plopped down on the couch. Screams up a girl getting murdered echoed through the quite house. It’s been six months I suppose its time, I laid my head back against the couch and sighed.

I stood in my closet looking through my clothes, the hangers scratched and squeaked across the bar as I pushed them out of the way. I sighed this is hopeless,

“You still not ready?”

Lily said from the doorway, making me jump out of my skin. She was already dressed in her costume; I guess a sexy kitten or something to that effect.

“Jesus fucking Christ Lils, ever hear of knocking?”

“Nope, that’s why I have a key”

I rolled my eyes at her, she pushed me out of the way of my closet. She pulled black item after black item and threw it at me,

“Yes this will be perfect!”

She squealed excitedly nudging me towards the bathroom to change. I put on the clothes reluctantly and stepped out of the bathroom, a scowl on my face.

“Don’t look at me like that, your hot as fuck”

“Gah”

I looked down at myself, black stiletto heels and fishnets graced my legs. Black mini skirt and a tiny shirt that pushed cleavage into my chin, complete with a leather jacket.

“Lil I look like a biker whore”

“A sexy ass biker whore”

She giggled

“Now makeup”

She sat me down on the bed and proceeded to paint my eyes in black eyeliner. After she was finished she practically drug me out of the house and into her car.

We drove into the hills, pulling up to a beautiful mansion, I began to fill uneasy.

“Lil are you sure about this?”

“Don’t fret, I have our legit tickets right here”

She handed me a red ticket with black writing

‘Night of bloodshed’

“Oh that’s lovely”

“C’mon Adra it’s just a theme”

I narrowed my eyes at her as she stepped out of the car, I followed after her as she made her way to the front door. I felt eyes on me, I looked over my shoulder but no one was there. Thunder rolled in the distance and lightning lit up the sky, the wind began to pick up. A storm was moving in quickly, I heard finger snapping next to my ear,

“Yo Adra, give the man your ticket”

“Oh my I’m sorry”

I handed over my ticket to the tall husky man, covered in tattoos and had more piercings in face than I could count. He gripped my wrist and placed a black band around it. He handed me a black lacy masquerade mask,

“What’s this?”

The man spoke with deep voice,

“You must wear the mask, many famous people are attending and anonymity is a must”

“Oh okay”

I sunk back at his demanding voice and I tied the mask around my face. He ushered us through the doors, the central room was packed with people dancing to loud rock music. The walls draped in black sheer curtains that blew fiercely in the wind from the open balcony doors. A flash of lightning illuminated the space around the windows, Lils walked ahead of me, but I stopped something calling to me to look towards the balcony. The man I saw across the street stood behind the curtains, they fluttered in front of his masked face, I was captivated by his beauty. Such perfect features, like a god.

“Adra”

I snapped back to reality,

“Hmm-what?”

“What are you staring at?”

“The guy over by the balcony doors”

“What guy?”

I pointed over towards the doors and he wasn’t there. I looked back at Lils with a bewildered look,

“I swear to god he was just there”

She laughed loudly patting me on the back,

“Sounds like you need a drink. I’ll be right back”

I nodded slowly, I felt unsure of myself. Did I really see him or is my mind playing tricks on me? I rubbed my temples and let out a deep sigh, damn this is too much. Lils brought me a red colored drink, I looked at it intently.

“It’s called vampires blood; they are really going all out with this blood theme”

She smiled brightly taking a sip,

“Mmm this is good! Try it!”

I held it up to lips and smelled the strange liquid, I coughed at the strength of alcohol in it. I took a small sip and began to gag,

“It’s”

Cough

“Strong alright”

Lil had already finished hers and said she was going for another. I laughed at her,

“I’m going to go look around for a bit”

She waved as she maneuvered her way back to the bar. I walked through the throngs of people, saying excuse me and pardon me. I made my way through the crowd to a less populated room with a long staircase that seemed to lead into a dark abyss. I felt an uncontrollable urge to climb up them, I felt like I was being possessed by an unknown force. My hand gripped the cold marble railing as I took my first step, each step I climbed I felt the overpowering grip of dread, but I couldn’t stop walking. Before I realized it I stood at the top of the long spiral staircase, a clock behind began to chime loudly signaling midnight.

“When did it get so late?”

“Adra”

A soft male voice spoke my name into my ear, I felt his breath on my neck. I turned to look and no one was there.

“What the hell is going on?”

I looked down the dimly lit corridor to see the mysterious man slip into one of the rooms. I quickly rushed after him, I heard the door click behind him before I reached the room. I stopped and stared at the black door, intricately carved with demons and devils, devouring women and men.

“Yeah that’s not creepy”

I muttered under my breath, I had to find out who this person was though. I have to know why he is following me, why he was at my house of all places and now he is here. I took a deep breath in and slowly pushed open the door. I peeked my head inside,

“Hello?”

I spoke softly as I slipped inside, the room flickered with shadows from the flames burning in the fireplace. I turned to close the door quietly, I felt a presence behind me and shiver ran down my spine.

“Hello Adra”

His lips slightly touched my ear lobe as he whispered. My heart raced inside my chest, I struggled through the fear coursing through me to make a jumbled sentence,

“Who why are following me you?”

I sounded better in my head, I swear. I felt his hot breath on my neck as he chuckled,

“I understand, don’t worry. My name is Sid; I am following you because I want you”

I thought about his words and took a deep breath,

“What do you mean you want me”

“Well it’s no coincidence that you showed up to my mansion tonight”

I turned to look at him, his face was so close. He stared deep into my eyes with those beautiful angel eyes. Every alarm bell in my head was goes going off in succession.

“You planned this? But why where you in front of my House-I”

His long finger covered my lips shushing me, he smiled devilishly. His lips quickly replaced his finger pulling me towards him, I fell limp in his arms overpowered by his kiss. He bit my bottom lip, causing a trickle of blood flow out, I felt him suck my lip. He pulled away slowly, his eyes a crimson red,

“You taste sweeter than I ever could have imagined”

I gasped in pleasure, I knew what he was. I knew what he wanted, I didn’t care I was possessed by him, he could take everything that was left of me. I didn’t care at that moment, I felt his teeth scrape across my neck sinking deeply into the flesh above my collarbone, I felt my conscious slip away, everything fading too black.

I awoke a short time later, I blinked my eyes open to see my lap, I lifted my head up to see a table with a black briefcase in front of me, the smell of something metallic tickled my nose, I titled my head and realized blood was seeping out the bottom. I struggled in the chair I was sitting in but my wrists were strapped to the arms of the chair. I screamed loudly, when a glove d hand covered my mouth. I looked up to see the man named Sid standing before me. He placed a finger in front of his lips,

“Sshh”

He removed his hand from my mouth and he pulled the case across the table toward him smearing blood behind it. He opened the lock and lifted the top inside were five hearts lined in a row, I gagged at the sight. He traced his fingers across an empty slot,

“These are the hearts of women I’ve loved from afar over the decades. This final slot is for you”

“Oh please no”

He stood in front of me and peered deep into my eyes, his eyes turning from blue to red.

“Oh but I must, there’s a devil inside that I can’t resist”

I felt his fist hit my chest, the pain rushed through my body, he pulled out of chest my heart cupped in his hands. Pumping just as it did in my chest, he carefully placed in the open slot. He watched as my head fell, he closed the case and smiled. He looked over in Adra’s direction as her head lifted, her eyes devoid of life blood seeping from her mouth as she smiled devilishly. His new love had been reborn into the world of darkness, he picked up the case and held out his hand to her, she snapped the restraints around her wrists.

“Let’s go get you something to feast on”

He smiled as he led her back to the party. It wasn’t called the night of bloodshed for nothing.

#sid arnault #midnight cinderella #midcin #midcinfanfic

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adralockhartfanfic · 8 years

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The Painter

I leaned over Robert’s shoulder to take a look at the new painting he was working on. He raised his arm in the air blocking my view

“No peeking!”

“Ah come on Robert just a little peek”

“Not yet”

He pushed me gently toward the sofa, I turned out and stuck my tongue out at him as I sat down. I looked around the room at beautiful paintings lining walls, each one so lifelike and full of personality.

“So princess, you needed to talk to me”

Robert spoke without looking away from his canvas. I watched as he dipped his brush in paints his hand elegantly moving with each stroke.

“Um yeah, I just needed to vent”

“Vent away” “Giles is really on my ass lately about this prince consort thing and it’s just getting under skin I guess”

“Haven’t you found anyone interesting yet?”

I blushed profusely, I couldn’t tell him that it was him.

“Yes I’ve met many potential suitors but”

Robert looked up from his canvas his eyes locking with mine.

“But?”

“I found someone I really like, but I doubt he feels the same”

“How do you know that? Have you asked him?”

“No I could never ask him that, it’s just embarrassing”

“Then how will you truly know?”

Robert was right how would I ever know. He always treats me like a child, I guess it can’t be helped he tutored me many years ago. I wish he would see me for the woman I’ve become.

“Earth to Adra”

Before I knew it he was standing in front of me snapping his fingers.

“Oh sorry”

“It’s getting late why don’t you come back tomorrow, you don’t want people to get wrong idea do you?”

He winked his eye at me with a smile on his face. I really didn’t mind what people thought honestly. I stood to leave and noticed red silk fabric covering over his fresh painting.

“All in good time Adra”

“Fine, fine”

I stood at his door and bid him a goodnight. Robert returned to the canvas and pulled off the sheet to reveal a rough painting of Adra sitting by the riverbank picking petals off a daisy.

“You have no idea how beautiful you truly are”

The following day after finishing my studies Giles, I went to the garden to get some fresh air, there I found Robert painting the garden flowers. With careful steps I snuck up behind or so I thought,

“Ah princess, what do I owe the honor of your presence”

“I was just getting some fresh air”

“I see”

I stood beside him, looking down at the picture before him. Beautiful yellow and red daisies graced the canvas, my favorite.

“Your paintings are beautiful; I wish I could paint like that”

“I could teach you if you want”

“Really?”

My face turned a deep crimson, he looked up at me and smiled. That smile made my heart melt.

“Of course, I’ll ask Giles for you”

“Oh thank you!”

I wrapped my arms around his neck before I knew what I was doing. I pulled away from him quickly. His face turned a pink shade of pink. Is he blushing? No it must be my imagination.

“Well I’m done for the day; I’ll see you later Adra”

He hurriedly packed his things and returned to the palace.

“Okay bye”

I whispered as I watched him leave.

A few days later Giles told me I would have my first lesson with Robert. I couldn’t control the smile on my face. I ran excitedly to Robert’s chambers and knocked on the door,

“I’m here”

“Come in”

I opened the door to see Robert setting up a blank canvas and paints for me. He turned and smiled at me. Oh god I thought not that smile not now, my face was red hot. He held out an apron to me,

“What’s this for?”

“You can’t be soiling your beautiful dress”

“Oh okay”

He sweet voice resonated in my ears, I was so nervous I struggled to put on the apron.

“Come here I’ll help”

I turned around, he moved my hair to the side to tie the apron around neck. His soft touch made shivers run down my spine. After neatly tying a bow he placed his hands on my shoulders and whispered in my ear,

“All done”

Oh god I never going to make it through this alive. I placed my hand over my chest where my heart raced inside. I took a deep breath and readied myself.

“Okay so we are going to start out with something simple”

“I’m ready”

I faced the canvas brush in hand, my pallet in the other.

“You’re going to paint this vase of flowers”

He placed a small blue vase with bright yellow sunflowers in it on a small table in front of me.

“Are you sure about this?”

“I have the upmost confidence in you”

“If you say so”

I was truly unsure about myself, but I began to paint anyways. To hell with it, you only live once. Robert sat at his desk sipping tea while Adra painting, he enjoyed watching her ever changing facial expressions. It reminded him of when she was younger. But she was no longer that young girl, she had developed in all the right places he thought. An hour had passed and I was finally done,

“I’m finished”

“Let’s see”

I stepped away from the canvas to show Robert my work. I waited patiently for his criticism, he was deep in thought.

“Well”

“It’s terrible isn’t it?”

“I wouldn’t say that, it just different that’s all”

Different yeah that’s the nice way of saying it sucks, my face fell. I cast my eyes to the ground,

“Hey don’t pout like that”

“Sorry I’m not very good”

“Don’t worry about that, you’ll get better with time”

He lifted my chin to look at him, he smiled brightly at me. Causing me to smile back, he turned my chin and looked at the side of my face.

“You sure are a messy painter”

He took a piece of cloth and wiped yellow paint from my cheek, his face was so close to mine.

“There all better”

Our eyes met and for a moment I thought I could lose myself in those eyes of his. Before I knew our lips were drawn together, I felt the sweet warmth of his lips on mine. I clutched his onto his jacket for I feared my legs would give out at any moment. He wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closer to him, once our lips parted I could barely breath.

“Wow that was um”

Robert was at a loss for words, so was I truthfully

“Yeah it was”

I giggled in response and he chuckled right after.

We moved our bodies away from each other both of us with red faces. Robert scratched his head shyly while clearing his throat,

“Well I think that’s enough for today, you don’t want to be late for your lesson with Leo”

I looked up at the clock and sure enough it was five minutes before three,

“Ah shit”

I hurriedly pulled the apron over my head leaving my hair a disheveled mess, I quickly opened the door and turned back to Robert,

“I’ll see you later then”

“You can count on it”

Adra smiled as she closed the door leaving Robert a mess of emotions, he placed his hand over his heart racing in chest, her sweet lips still lingered on his own

“You have no idea what you do to me”

I ran as quickly as I could to the library, I burst in the door out of breath to find Leo already waiting for me.

“My-my princess being tardy is very un-lady like”

“I’m sorry, my painting lesson ran late”

“Mm-hmm I see”

Leo looked Adra over as she sat down and opened her book, face flushed and her hair and dress were out of order,

“I’m sure painting is all you did”

“Hmm? Did you say something?”

“Nothing at all, let’s get started”

My lesson with Leo carried on into the early evening and I needed some time outside before bed, I watched as the setting sun painted the sky beautiful tones of red and orange. I sighed contently to myself,

“Hello princess”

I turned to greet to owner of the voice beside me,

“Hello Sid”

The palace information dealer, I knew he had an important place here at the palace but he annoyed the hell out of me. He wrapped and arm around my shoulder, I rolled my eyes as he spoke

“So Adra, have you chosen anyone as your prince yet?”

“No Sid not yet”

“Then how about you and I go find a secret place and go make some magic”

“I think I’ll pass on that”

I pushed him away, but he pulled me back into his embrace.

“Oh come on it will be fun”

“I’m serious Sid back off”

I shoved him hard away from me and ran back into the palace. Robert watched Adra and Sid from his window, his blood boiled. Later that night Sid was leaving Giles’ chamber when he past Robert in the corridor,

“Sid could I have a word with you in my chambers?”

“Yeah whatever”

Sid followed Robert back to his room, Robert closed the door behind him a devilish grin on his face.

The next while I ate breakfast, Giles went over my schedule for the day. I yawned softly,

“Tired are we?”

“Well its lucky you have tomorrow off then”

“Really?”

He nodded his head, I squealed with satisfaction causing him to furrow his brow. I sit up straight and began to eat my breakfast again.

“Ah yes, I almost forgot. Sid has requested your presence, seems urgent.”

I dropped my fork on my plate with a clink, of all the people I wanted to see this early in the morning, Sid wasn’t one of them.

“Is everything okay princess?”

“Yeah I’m fine”

“He is waiting in the study for you”

I walked to the study as slowly as I possibly could, I knocked on the door

“Come in”

I stepped inside closing the door behind me, Sid had his back turned to me.

“What do you want now?”

“I must apologize for my behavior yesterday in the garden”

I scoffed at his response,

“Seriously your apologizing? What’s gotten into you?”

Sid turned towards me, I was shocked at his appearance. He had black eye, bloodied lip and visibly broken nose.

“What the hell happened to you?”

“What the fuck does it look like?”

“It looks like you got your ass beat”

I grabbed my stomach laughing at him, tears formed in the corners of my eyes. You’re such a hardass but you just got fucked up.

“It isn’t funny and you can go to hell”

He pushed me out of the way of the door slamming it behind him. I leaned against the wall and breathed out a sigh of relief. Still I wonder who did that to him. I went on about my day with a smile on my face, my lesson with Leo ended late evening and I ran into Robert on my way to my chamber.

“Evening princess”

“Evening Robert”

“Late night huh?”

“Yes but I have tomorrow finally”

“Ah any plans?”

“I want to go into town, it’s been ages since I’ve been”

“That sounds wonderful, mind if I’m your escort for the day?”

“I’d be delighted!”

“It’s a date”

I blushed slightly and bid him a goodnight rushing off to my chambers, after changing I jumped into bed replaying his words in my mind before drifting off to sleep.

I woke up earlier than expected the next morning, I spent hours adjusting my dress and fiddling with hair until it was finally perfect. I heard a knock at the door,

“It’s me”

“Come in”

Robert stepped through the door, he saw Adra standing there with a smile on her face. Her rose scented perfume tickled his nose as he breathed in his surroundings.

“Wow”

“Something wrong?”

“Not at all, your stunning”

Her face immediately turned red at his words and she turned her face away from him,

“The carriage is waiting for us, are you ready to go?”

“Y-Yes I am”

We arrived in town after a short time, the plaza was lined with crowds of people. The sweet smells of the bakery filled my nose, I inhaled with a deep breath. God I’ve missed this place, I skipped happily beside Robert.

“This place has changed so much”

“That’s right you haven’t been here in years”

“I love this place”

I sigh happily and smiled up at Robert,

“Hey I have an idea”

Robert grabbed my hand and took off running, he had a huge smile on his face. I ran behind him laughing uncontrollably. He seemed so innocent and carefree, it reminded me of when me were kids. He finally stopped in front of his childhood house, now empty.

“Wow this brings back memories”

“Yeah it does”

“And there’s my house”

I pointed to a small cottage only three houses away. I smiled at him and tugged at his arm

“Hey the swing is still out back, let’s go!”

We stood in the backyard of my parents’ house, now mine since they past looking at the old swing that hung from the tree branch.

“Remember how you used to push me on this for hours”

“Yeah it was impossible to get you off”

I giggled reminiscing the memories of Robert and I as a child,

‘One more push please’

‘My arms are going to fall off’

He stood behind the swing motioning me over,

“One more push for old times’ sake”

I sat down in the swing, the branch creaked under my weight. He placed his hands on my back a gave a me a big push. I screamed excitedly, laughing and kicking my legs. He stood in front of me as I leaned my head back and watched the clouds, they were dark and grey. All of a sudden a loud clap of thunder boomed through the air.

“Maybe we should find some shelter”

“Oh come on”

“I’m serious”

“But I’m having fun”

I looked at him and pouted, with another clap of thunder the rain started pouring down.

“Oh that’s cold”

“Come on”

Robert grabbed my hand and we ran into the house, lightning lit up the exterior of the house brightly. Both us stood there soaked, I shivered.

“Let me find some candles”

“I’ll start a fire”

I left Robert to search for matches and some candles. While he started a fire to warm us, I came back and found a roaring fire already lit. I watched his profile in the fires flickering light. Drops of water dripped from the tips of his hair and rolled down his face and to his chest. My started to pound,

“When did you get so sexy”

“Say something?”

I froze up, I didn’t realize I had said it out loud. I tried desperately to cover my tracks.

“No nothing at all, I found some candles and a blanket”

“Good, good”

He took his jacket off and started unbuttoning his shirt,

“Whoa what are you doing?”

“Getting out of these wet clothes, which you should be doing as well. You don’t want to catch a cold do you?”

“Um no but”

He grabbed the blanket and wrapped it around his shoulders, his eyes elicited with passion I could see through the distance between us,

“Now hurry up and take off yours, I’ll keep you warm”

“Fine but close your eyes”

He sat down on the floor in front of the fire, he scoffed as he closed his eyes and opened his arms wide. I stripped down to my undergarments, I sat down between his legs. He pulled me close to him wrapping the blanket and his arms around me. I felt his warm chiseled chest against my back, it heated me up in a second. His breath on my neck sent ripples of pleasure through my body, my pulse quickened. I’m sure he felt it,

“Um Robert?”

“Hmm?”

“Could you not breath on my neck?”

“You mean like this?”

He blew hot air across the back of my neck, I let out a soft moan

“Nnn”

“I guess you don’t want me to do this either”

I felt his lips on my neck, he placed soft kisses down to my shoulder. He leaned close and whispered huskily into my ear,

“Adra I want you”

He hands caressed me under the blankets, each touch hotter than the last. I leaned back into him wrapping my arms around his neck. I want him so bad, no I needed him. He dropped the blanket to reveal our half naked bodies, he pulled me down to the floor and hovered over me. Trailing kiss from my neck to my stomach. I arched my back his lips felt like fire burning me from the inside out. As the storm raged outside I gave myself over to absolute pleasure.

I awoke the next morning; Robert lay asleep beside me. I held my hand up into my view my fingers still intertwined with his, I looked closer at his knuckles. They were black and blue,

“-Nnn Adra”

Robert stirred out of his sleep his eyes focusing on Adra’s face, he smiled brightly.

“Robert can I ask you something?”

“Anything”

“What happened to your hand?”

“Oh that”

“Uh yeah that”

“Well it seems Sid’s face had a disagreement with my fist”

“Seriously? You did that to him?”

He chuckled softly, then looked me straight in the eyes.

“I can’t stand it when other men put their hands on the woman I love”

“L-love?”

He sat up leaning against the couch,

“Yes Adra I love you”

My face flushed bright red, I tried to understand the words that he just said. My head was spinning, my vision blurry from tears. I jumped into his arms, just before the tears started to flow from my eyes.

“I love you too Robert”

I looked up into his eyes, I began to cry uncontrollably.

“Adra what wrong?

“I’ve loved you for so long, ever since we were kids. When you left my heart broke, I thought I’d never see you again. And when I came to the castle and found you in courtyard all my feelings came flooding came back, it’s like a dream”

He held my face in his hands wiping my tears with his thumb

“Adra I’m never going anywhere ever again. I’ve loved you from the moment I laid I eyes on you and I never stopped. Those years in I spend in Stein you were all I could think about, I missed you so much”

I smiled at him with everything I had through the tears that streamed down my face, our lips met and body felt like I was flying.

We returned back to castle, I held Roberts hand

“Come on I want to tell Giles right away!”

“Are you sure about this?”

“Of course I am! You’re the only one I’ll choose as my prince!”

We stood in front of Giles’ office and knocked on the door.

“Come in”

“Ah princess and Robert, what can I do for you”

I began to speak my voice unsteady, Robert sensed my tension and squeezed my hand giving me the strength to continue.

“Giles-I’ve chosen my prince”

“Hmm? You don’t mean Robert do you?”

“Of course I mean Robert; I’ve loved him since we were kids. He is everything I adore”

“Adra. Princess you can’t choose someone else from common birth, it’s just not possible.”

“Are you saying I can’t choose Robert?”

“Unfortunately yes”

My heart broke into pieces, tears streamed down my face, I couldn’t breathe. I placed my hand over my chest, I gasped for air. I heard Robert call my name but he sounded so far away.

“Adra”

The next thing I knew I was in my bed alone. I must have passed out, remembering the conversation I had with Giles my heart ached and I started to cry, I felt so helpless.

“How could I choose anyone else, there is no one else”

Nico knocked on my door and brought me tea. I tried desperately to wipe away my tears.

“Adra I’m sorry, I heard.”

“Oh Nico. I can’t choose anyone else”

He hugged me tightly as I cried.

“Listen I have a friend that might be willing to help. But you will have to give up everything here. Are you willing to do that for him?”

“Yes I’d give up anything and everything”

“Give me a few days, I’ll speak to Robert as well”

“Thank you Nico”

The next few days, I never left my room. I shut myself inside, I didn’t care about being princess anymore. If I can’t marry someone I love, I don’t want to be part of this.

Late one night Nico came to my room,

“Okay its set, let’s go”

Nico grabbed my luggage and we proceeded to sneak out of the castle, we were immediately caught by Leo.

“And where are you two off to so late at night?”

“Please Leo, let us go. I can’t stay here”

Tears welled in my eyes, he looked at me for what seemed like an eternity. He grabbed and pulled me into a hug.

“Be safe out there okay, I’ll miss you”

“Thank you, I’ll miss you too”

Nico and I ran to the carriage where Robert was waiting for us. Robert and I jumped inside and Nico drove off.

“Where are we going Robert?”

“An old friend decided to hear my plea and help us out”

He stroked my hair as I sat beside him. I soon fell asleep against his chest, leaving Wysteria behind us we raced through the night.

The sun shined through the carriage windows as we pulled up to a castle.

“Adra wake up were here”

“Nnn-“

I rubbed my eyes sleepily and sat up.

“Ready?”

“As ready as I’ll ever be”

He held onto my hand tight as we stepped out of the carriage. We walked to where Nico stood bowing to none other than King Byron and his knight Albert.

“King Byron? “

“Princess”

“I’m not a princess anymore. You’re the ‘old friend’ that helped us”

“Yes. Robert was tutor for many years and plus in helping you I got my knight back”

He turned his eyes towards Nico,

“Guilty”

He smiled brightly at me.

“There is a cottage ready for you two, no one will ever know you are here. Only us three and that’s the way it will stay.”

“I can’t thank you enough King Byron”

I hugged him tightly around his neck, he faces flushed bright red as he patted me on the back.

“Ah yes, your welcome”

I ran into Robert’s arms, he picked me up and twirled around. I placed my hand on his face as he held me

“I love you more than anything”

“I love you too Adra”

I kissed him deeply, pouring all my emotions into him. Nico spoke up standing beside King Byron,

“It’s really too bad, she would have made one hell of a queen”

“I agree”

Stein is my new home, Robert and I are happier than I’ve ever been in my life. I know I turned my back on my country, but I never wanted to be a princess in the first place. The only regret I have is not saying goodbye to all the people that helped me along the way. But then I see the smiling face of my husband beside me and all those regrets disappear.

#robert branche #midnight cinderella #midcin #midcinfanfic

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