•Night Angel•

CHAPTER LXI - SHE IS LIKE MAGIC

«When you see this symbols (•••), play the song on top!»

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29th November 2008. 23:40. Los Angeles, CA.

Third Person POV

Tony, Happy and Rhodey were still watching the pair talk through the night. They thought they were overreacting, so they just stood there making sure he didn't do anything else.

Sophia was having a really great time. She had been with almost all of her guests tonight and when René came close to talk, she didn't turn him down. She wanted a little tranquility in the middle of all the celebration.

-Okay, so, are you sure you haven't seen my coin? Because I am pretty sure I left it here.- René said as he kept his act of performing a magic trick for Sophia.

She knew there was no such thing as magic tricks, but she enjoyed how René was trying to impress her so she just kept on going with the trick. She, however, believed in magic, actual magic, but this was none of that.

For being a really smart and grounded girl, a literal genius, if there was one thing that made Sophia a little naive, it was her believing in magic. She had never seen it or experienced it, but it didn't mean it wasn't there. Maybe it was contradicting who she was and what she did, the fact that she believed in magic, but she still thought of it as another mystery of the world and humanity.

-Oh, there it is.- René said as he "took out" a coin from Sophia's ear. Sophia let out a small chuckle and shook her head.

-I have to say, I enjoyed that trick.- She said as she took a sip of her water. -But when I was 6. I've been taken coins out of my ears so much that it just lost its magic.- Sophia said as she gave René a wink.

Sophia's nature was to be a little flirty. It was part of her, her essence. Since she was little, she was sassy and flirty, and a little cocky. Most of those things she picked up from Tony.

She liked to flirt, not because she wanted men at her feet. That was never her. Sometimes she did it without noticing it, and when she noticed, it was when guys were asking her out or flirting back with her. She was charming by nature. It was impossible for you to meet Sophia and not like her or feel attracted to her.

She is like magic. Mysterious, almost unrealistic, but beautiful at the same time.

-Oh, I see how it is. Then I must perform something new.- René said as he took a napkin from the table.

-You see, I've always thought my tricks were kind of amazing. Maybe they are not the most original, but I think they are quite likable.- René said as he started to fold the napkin in different ways. -You know what the catch is?.- René asked as he looked at Sophia, who was intently watching his every move.

-What?.- Sophia said as she paid attention to the thing René was doing. Up to this moment, it just looked like a crumpled piece of napkin.

-Is to make sure you watch my every movement, every little thing I do. I need to keep your eyes in here, to have all your attention, so when I do this.- He said as he finished and showed Sophia what he had done. It was a flower. Sophia smiled. She was about to take it, when he spoke again. -You are surprised.- He smiled back at her and when she was about to take the flower, he moved his hand back. -But when I do this.- He said as he took out a lighter, lighting on fire the napkin flower, making Sophia and a few people around that were watching, gasp. He then shook the burning flower, this one quickly fading and turning into a real flower, a rose. -You are speechless. A flower, for a beautiful woman.- He said as he handed Sophia the rose.