Ashes ~*~ [ THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY/FIVE HARGREEVES ]

CHAPTER FOUR

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World's Biggest Ball of Twine

     Ivy woke up early the next morning, groaning as she was the first awake in the room. Allison hadn't returned, and Vanya was still asleep. Ivy got out of bed, finding in the hotel room dresser clothes. She was confused by this place, but they all seemed to fit so she grabbed them. Jeans, tarot shirt, maroon sweater, and boots all ready for her. She got dressed, leaving the room to go brush her teeth. She got ready, then started walking downstairs to find some form of food. 

     "Hey," Five said, and she turned to see him following her down the stairs. "You're up early." 

     "Yeah, couldn't sleep," she said. "Figured I would just come eat and decompress." 

     "Mind if I join you?" Five asked, Ivy shaking her head. "Can I rephrase that?" 

     "What do you mean?" she asked, furrowing her eyebrows. 

     "Want to go on a date with me right now?" he asked, Ivy looking over at him. "I know you want to." 

     "I guess I will," she said, Five smiling at her. "Just so happens that I'm free right now. You're lucky." She took his hand in hers, Five leaning over and kissing her cheek. 

     "And since we no longer have to worry about the end of the world and can finally celebrate our relationship, I'm getting mimosa's," Five said, Ivy nodding at him. "Do you want one?"

     "Why not," she shrugged. "It's a big day." 

     "Good. Grab your food and I'll meet you at the table," he said. They parted ways, Ivy beginning to gather a bunch of food onto her plate. She found a high top, sitting there as Five was waiting at the bar. He walked over a couple seconds later, setting down the two glasses. "A toast to us having made it this far over the past twenty days or four years." 

     "Hilarious, but cheers," Ivy said, the two clinking their glasses together. They both drank, Ivy slowly setting her glass down. "Hm, so I have something to tell you." 

     "What?" Five asked. "What happened overnight that I don't know about?" 

     "Relax, tough guy. I was just going to say that after all this Sparrow stuff blows over... we should go somewhere else," she suggested with a shrug. "If we get the briefcase back, we can go anywhere." 

     "I'm not going to try and get the briefcase back. It's a lost cause by now," Five said, waving a hand at her. "But you're right, we can go anywhere." 

     "I've never been to Europe, anything you recommend?" Ivy asked, picking up a piece of bacon. 

     "Prague was quite fun," Five said, starting to think about it. "Sweden, too." 

     "We'll start there, then," Ivy said, giving him a small smile. Five went to talk again when Diego and Klaus both set plates on the table. "Ah, what the hell?" 

     "Are we intruding upon something?" Klaus asked. 

     "A little bit, yeah," Five said, the two smiling. 

     "Hey, did you see how hot older Ivy was? Don't fumble the ball on this one, Five," Klaus said, patting Ivy's back. 

     "At least one of us gets hotter when we grow up," Ivy mumbled, Five looking at her. 

     "I was sixty!" he argued. 

     "Okay, sorry!" she said, holding her arms up. Five sighed, finishing off his mimosa. 

     "I'm getting another one," he said, turning and going to the counter. 

     "Who's the kid?" Ivy asked, nodding to the child shoveling food into his mouth in the booth.