Of Demons and Reapers

Chapter 13: Could I be evil?

The next morning Ariel woke up and she stretched out in her coffin. She felt something under her as she stretched out. She froze for a moment trying to figure out what was in the coffin with her. The last time she felt something in here with her it was a corpse Adrian had put in as a joke. Feeling around however the body next to her was warm, not cold like last time. Suddenly she remembered the night before and a smile came to her face. She had thought he would have left during the night, but he had decided to stay the whole night with her.

Smiling to herself she laid her head on his chest and cuddled up to him. She felt his arm come up around her waist and pull her closer. After a minute she heard him groan a bit and start to move around. She felt him start to stretch until he felt her on him. He stopped and wrapped his arm around her again. She moved her head to look up at him and smiled. She figured he couldn't see her in the darkness, but she could see his green eyes glowing in the dark looking down at her.

She felt him lean down as he kissed her forehead. "Good morning little one, did you sleep well?" "Yes thank you, I did. I'm surprised you stayed all night though." "Well I suppose I was just so comfortable I didn't want to move." "Speaking of moving we should probably get up now." "If we must then I suppose so." He said giving a sigh as he pushed the lid back. Looking out into the room they could see Anubis sitting in front of the coffin. His tail was twitching back and forth as he was doing his best to glare at the two of them. Ariel giggled as she hugged Adrian again, "It seems we've been caught red handed." He laughed as well, "It would appear that we have my dear."

Adrian left to go change in his room, while Ariel changed into a dress. When she walked out Anubis trotted out ahead of her and sat on the other side of the kitchen. She saw Lizzie out at the table eating some breakfast with a smile on her face. "So do I want to know why I saw Adrian sneaking out of your room this morning?" Ariel gave a nervous laugh at the question. "Well see what had happened was we got into another fight last night. We ended up making up and I got tired so he carried me to bed. I asked him to stay for a little bit. I didn't think he would stay all night." Ariel replied as her words slurred together from being so flustered at being caught. Lizzie just laughed and looked over at Anubis. "It seems Anubis isn't too pleased with you for it. You will have to do some major sucking up with him." She said putting her dish in the sink and walking to the stairs.

Ariel sighed as she looked over at her hound. "Yeah I know I will, he won't even look at me right now. A jealous boyfriend and a jealous pet, how did I get so lucky?" She said shaking her head. "Because you are cursed." Lizzie yelled up as she laughed her way down the stairs. "Don't make me beat you with a wet noodle woman!" Ariel yelled down laughing at her friend. "What would beating her with a noodle accomplish?" Adrian asked coming out of his room. Ariel laughed at his confusion, "It is a joke we've been using since we met pretty much. In our time we have swimming pools and pool toys called pool noodles. They are foam and lightweight, but when they get wet and you smack someone with them; they can kind of hurt." Adrian looked at her with more confusion on his face. "You know what, just remind me tonight when I'm doing the water gazing and I'll show you." She said laughing again and heading downstairs.

Ariel began her sweeping and dusting after getting downstairs. She had her work to make up for yesterday. She had been knocked out basically all day, Lizzie had been able to get hers done in that time. Lizzie helped her get most of her cleaning done since she finished up with hers early. After a few hours Christian came in and spoke with them until Adrian was done with his current body. "So are you two all rested up from your events last night?" He asked while relaxing on one of the coffins. "Yeah we are fine now. All we needed was some rest, right Ariel?" Lizzie said while giving her a sly look. "What is that look for Lizzie? What did I miss after I left?" He asked getting up and walking over to them with curiosity on his face. "Nothing you missed nothing at all gingy. Lizzie is just trying to be funny." Ariel quickly interjected smacking her hand over her friends' mouth.