Abe Sapien and the Witch

Chapter 11

Chapter eleven

Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near...She found a CD labelled "Popular love songs." under a pile of books on the professors' old desk and decided to put it into the CD player to try it out. This was her favourite song so far, and she swayed a gentle rhythm along to it as it played.

"Just want to be, close to you..." a soft voice sang in her ear, in time to the music. Abe was behind her, his arms wrapping around her to cross over her stomach. He swayed along with her, a relaxed movement until the song ended. His face lay against the side of her head nuzzling her hair, and her hand found his face, resting there as they sashayed along to the music.

"It's actually quite a good collection." he said, moving away to press stop on the remote. She felt tingly from his embrace, her breathing always seemed to come faster when Abe was near. Watching him stand by the desk as he fiddled with the controls, she was transfixed by him. He wore only his black shorts, after exiting his tank from which he had been busy reading. She thought him beautiful, every movement he made no matter how mundane was graceful.

"Do you like to dance?" he asked, looking up, and she glanced away at the floor, nervous. He put the remote down and took her chin in his fingers, a gentle tilt upwards so that she was faced with those eyes which were always so inquisitive. _I've never really danced before, not properly. I like it, though. _

He ran his thumb over her bottom lip, an endearing movement that made her feel like she would swoon. "Dancing is quite easy, really. You just listen to the music, and let your body move along to it however it wishes to. We were dancing just now without you even knowing it." She blushed, leaning her face into his hand. _I suppose we were. _

"There is, um...one moment!" he said, heading out of the library in a hurry, leaving her standing near the desk in confusion. Within moments he was back, a small bunch of white tulips wrapped with a blue bow in his hand. He motioned for her to sit in the professors' chair. When she complied, he knelt down, holding the flowers up towards her. "Would you do me the great honour of accompanying me to the Springtime ball this weekend?"

She noticed the purplish tint to his face, he was blushing and very nervous as he looked up at her, his wide eyes blinking rapidly. She reached out, taking the flowers in one hand and his hand with the other. _Thank you, Abe. These flowers are just beautiful! I'm not really sure what a summer ball is, but if I can go there with you then I would love it very much! _

"Oh!" he said, rising to his feet and taking her with him. "I honestly thought you might say no! Oh, well, this is very exciting! I've never been to it either, you see. Thank you for agreeing to accompany me, honestly I..." She could sense his excitement and put her hand on his chest to calm down his stuttering. _Abe, I don't understand, what is it that are we going to? _

He picked her up by the waist and twirled her in a circle, her summery dress flowing out around her as he did, and then hugged her close, "It's a dance! With music, and gowns and tuxedos for the men, drinks and food and the entire B.P.R.D. taking some time off to mingle and have fun. Or so I'm told," he added, his hands cupping her ribs. "Red and Liz always go, and they seem to like it well enough."

She found herself smiling a wide grin up at this man that stood so close before her, how he spoke with such passion and energy. _Oh, Abe_ she said, her arms twining around his neck, _We could be going on a trip to the rubbish dump wearing bin bags, and I would be delighted just to be there with you. _

"That is a rather unlikely scenario.... oh! Uhm..." He blushed, understanding the meaning behind her words. Her cheeks were pink, flushed even and he felt a thump in his chest that beat down through his whole being as he beheld her amused expression. "So, you will come with me then?" he asked, wanting to be certain.

_ There isn't a thing in this universe that could stop me, Abe. _

She pressed her body close to his, a deep heat rising below as she lay against his groin, her arms still around his neck with the flowers tickling the back of his gills. "Is that so..." he said, voice a bit huskier as his eyes closed, while she leaned closer.

_That's a promise_ she whispered to his mind, her words lost as she kissed him, her lips eager for the feel of his against them.