Blood or Water

Chapter 30: Hold Me Tight?

Blood or Water

Chapter 30

Hold me tight?

Eve was sat down on the couch when Percy looked up at Peter who brought in some hot chocolate. Suddenly she realized something and it caused her eyes to tear up again. She looked at Robert and she burst into tears. Robert ran forward and hugged her tightly.

"I'm sorry...but the toy we just bought you was probably broken into little pieces." She said. Peter chuckled and went around the corner and pulled out a box and sat it down. Eve looked at Peter who smiled.

"Its how I broke the window on the coach and had us jump out. Its a very well made little thing. It survived. Landed in some bushes it did." Peter said. Eve threw her arms around the man and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you Peter...for everything. For finding me, saving me, taking care of me...and for this." She said and looked down at her hands again. "I'd be dead if it weren't for you." She said and leaned forward kissing his cheek. Peters face flushed bright red before he cleared his voice and stood up.

"Will there be anything else?" He asked Eve shook her head and looked down at her brother who was looking over his new toy.

"Its the one I wanted. James is going to be so jealous. He's talking to his parents about having a baby brother or sister soon. Not sure how thats going to blow over with his parents." Robert laughed and went to playing with the toy.

Eve stood up and limped over to her father. Percy was about to talk to her when she just fell forward.

"Eve?" He called and lifted her chin to look at her face. "Eve? Hey?" He called and looked up "Peter!" He called. The boy was within the room in seconds and by his mistresses side. "Shall I fetch a doctor sir?" He asked. "your father quickly, she's burning up." He said and picked her up.

Viktor came running into the room after his sons summons. He took Eves wrists in his hands and then put his hands on her forehead. "We need to get her out of these wet cloths now. Its freezing. What did she do fall in a lake?"

"A river actually father." Peter said showing that his cloths too were wet.

"What were you doing in there son?"

"Saving Eves life." He said and his father smiled at his son.

"Good boy." He said shoving his son over and went about pulling Eves clothing off

"Hey Robert how about we go play with that on the landing hum? Nice incline should make that train go far." Peter said and steered Robert outside.

Soon enough Eve was in her bed fast asleep with water bottles around her chest and feet.

A day later

Eve silently walked out of her room and looked around. She felt like she had just woke from a bad dream. It was nice outside and she could see the bright Autumn colors on the trees. She heard music inside the dinning hall. Perhaps there were some guests. She peaked inside the room where she could see her father playing the piano. Eve stepped forward and picked up her Violin and began to play it along with the piano. This caused Percy to jump not realizing someone was in the room with him. Eve just kept playing as he stood up and walked forward to look her in the eyes. She looked at him and there it was...that crooked smile she gave him since the day they met. Such a beautiful thing he thought.

"There you are my beautiful bow...for a moment there I thought we weren't going to be able to fix such a beautiful bow. You were unraveling right before my eyes." Percy said and held out his hand.

Eve put down her violin and looked at his hand.

"Its your birthday...I suppose its only fair that I give you your birthday present." He said and smiled Eve smiled.

"Oh but sir...I shouldn't think my Papa would be to happy about me dancing with a strange man in his night robes."

"Says the woman in her own night robes." He said and chuckled snapping his fingers. Music started to play from the Calliope in the corner. Eve looked around at Peter who bowed and walked back out.

Eve took her fathers hands and began to dance with him. Her mother was right...he did step on toes.

Part 4: Holding You