Abe Sapien and the Witch

Chapter 13

Chapter thirteen

Red and Abe were gathered around the CD player, arm in arm with a beer can in their free hands as they sang along to another cheesy love song from the "popular love songs" CD. Red spotted the ladies in the doorway and bounded over, throwing Liz over his shoulder in one sweep. "Hey, Red!" she screamed, though she was laughing now as he pretended to do a sexy strut out of the library. "We're going to bed." he said, and the two of them disappeared up the hall with an echo of giggles, leaving the shopping bags in the hallway.

She shut the library door after them, planning to get the bags afterwards. She turned back to look at Abe, who was clearly quite drunk. He stood, swaying along to the music and very softly singing the words. "Her sun pours down like liquid gold, to chase away the sorrows..."

_Abe_ she whispered, her arms wrapping around him from behind to cross around his waist. "Oh, hello!" he said, trying to turn around. His knees buckled, and he ended up sitting cross-legged on the carpet, looking up at her with wide, surprised eyes. She took both of his hands in hers _Oh, Abe, have you had a lot to drink? _

"Too much...too much...She leaves the dancing visions of her image on the water..." he started again, joining in with the words of the song. _You like this one? _ she asked while trying to raise him to stand, to no avail. "It's you, this song is you." he said, letting go of her hand to press it against her chest.

She smiled, touched at the sentiment. _It's a beautiful song. _ "You are beautiful, more than you know." _Abe, honey, you're so very drunk. Let's get you to bed. _

He nodded, and she tried once more to ease him up, getting him about halfway before he fell back, dragging her down with him. She started to laugh as the two of them rolled around the floor, until he was leaning over her and she found her throat becoming dry. The way he looked down at her with his lips parted ever so slightly made her quieten. Even the smell of the alcohol from him was oddly pleasant. As he leaned down to kiss her with hungry lips, she could taste it on him, her breath coming in short gasps as he kissed her with passion, the alcohol in his system setting him free.

_Abe, we're in the library_ she thought in her loudest voice, which was lost between all the other flurries of emotion between them. She wanted very much to repeat what they had done a few nights ago, it had been amazing. He was drunk though, he wasn't thinking straight. Her legs wound up around his waist without thought, and she could feel the rough shag of the carpet against her back as he pulled her dress up higher.

Her head tilted back as his lips travelled their way down along her neck, stopping to suck on the skin there. She had stopped wearing the bandage two days ago, her quicker healing meant that only a reddish scar remained which didn't hurt. His lips drank at the skin under her ear and she let out a soft moan, her hips riding up to meet him.

_Abe? _ her mind repeated, and he sat back, looking down at her in bewilderment. His mind felt fuzzy, but the sight of her laying on the floor under him was somewhat sobering. Her hair was spread around her head like a halo against the stark red plush of the carpet, and her legs were spread around him, open and inviting.

A dark, purplish circle was blooming on the skin of her neck where he had sucked, and she lay there, her eyes half closed as she observed him, expectant. _Abe, as much fun as I'm having with you right now, anyone could walk right in on us..._

He leaned down again, pecking gentle kisses up along her neck until he reached her ear. He hummed deep in his throat, a gentle sound which made her flutter her eyes. He was so near, she could feel his warm breath tickling the nape of her neck. "Darling..." he whispered, sitting up with an unsteady movement, coaxing her to follow him into a sitting position. "I am rather drunk, it seems, and I don't know myself...are you alright?"

His eyes shone, the light from the fireplace at the end of the room a warm reflection within and she smiled, hugging him. _I'm always alright when I'm with you, Abe. I think we need to get you to your room though, before you fall down again."

He laughed a sweet, shy laugh at her words and with some effort, managed to get himself standing, leaning on her shoulder for support. "It's not that I don't want to, uhm...well," he said, laughing as she bundled herself under him, moving towards the doorway. "It just wouldn't be right, I like you very much you see, and you might think me a brute, having my way with you in this condition, and in the middle of the floor, my my..."

He lost his train of thought, the alcohol was affecting his speech at this point and she had to smile, his filter was completely gone so he spoke his desires aloud as they made their way through the hall towards his room.

"I dream of you, every night. You are always happy in my dreams, and I wish to...wish to...see you happy always..." he said, she fumbling with the handle to his door as his head slumped towards his chest.

_Abe? _ she asked and received a low moan in reply. _Alright, let's do this_ she thought, more to herself than anyone, managing to limp her way across his bedroom with him scarcely conscious on her shoulder. _I really should join Liz at the gym in the mornings_ she thought, and Abe managed a quiet titter in reply.

_There! _ she thought, triumphant as finally he lay across the bed, his legs dangling over the side. She raised his ankles and swivelled them so that his legs were on the bed, his torso facing the right way up but a bit crooked, and so she set to straightening him up. He was completely asleep now, and as she leaned over him, she was struck by the innocence of him, and how vulnerable he was.

She rushed out into the hallway to gather up all the abandoned shopping bags, dragging their weight back to her own bedroom. She left everything in a pile inside the door and headed towards her bed to change into her sleeping nightie, a pink costume with two cute teddy bears on the front. She didn't know who had bought it for her, it was one of the items that was there when she woke in this place, and it made her smile.

Pulling her dressing gown over her nightie and sliding her feet into her slippers, she padded her way back up the quiet hallway and entered Abes room again, switching off the main light so that only a dim nightlight lit up the room. He lay there, one arm up over his head now and she crawled into the bed alongside him, her head and upper body curving against his chest.

He seemed to sense her presence, with a soft sigh he turned into her while she managed to manoeuvre the duvet out from under him so that they were tucked under it. His arm embraced her, and she smiled as he hugged her close, the fins on his arm tickling her back as it rode up under the back of her nightgown, his hand against her skin making her flush.

_Goodnight, Abe_ her thoughts whispered as her head lay against his chest, listening to the gentle rhythm of his heart beating. He let out a deep breath, and after a time she joined him in sleep, their bodies tangling together during the night.