Book 1: Shattered Harmony

Chapter 26: Dinner for two...or three

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Chapter 26

Dinner for two...or three?

Danny and Zareth had as much fun as they could in the mansion. Even anticipating a few games of hide and seek. This building was massive. Danny had found the bathroom to be massive. No showers, just large bathtubs. She actually hated it. She had filled the bath tub with water and oils. She pulled her hair up and got in. She was a small woman and the water was pretty high on her. She leaned back and tried to relax. She heard distant music playing. A piano. Danny smiled, it had to be Zareth, he loved that song. For some reason that helped her relax a lot more knowing he was there...somewhere...in that huge mansion. She sank a little more into the water. The bathroom was nothing but bronze, mirrors, and mother of pearl. Danny looked up to see a huge mirror stretching across. She actually liked the way it looked. Then she saw that she was in the mirror and she scowled. She didn't to much like the way she looked. She looked back down at the water. It looked purple because of the oils. She heard a knock on the door.

"You okay Danny? You been in there for an hour." Zareth called. The door was slightly open like it normally is Danny sunk back down so he couldn't see anything over the bubbles.

"Yeah...I'm good. Just soaking. This bath tube is awesomely huge." She heard a chuckle from Zareth.

"Alright...dinners almost ready." He said and set something down next to the door. Danny curiously got out of the bathtub and walked over to look. It was an old suitcase. Danny pulled open the suitcase and looked inside. Within were several costume options. Her dress was discarded in the corner. She looked down at herself and then in the mirror to see that she was scratched up and her side was bruised pink and purple. She had a huge bruise on the side of her face. She took a deep breath.

"At least Zareths alright." She whispered to no one. She pulled on one of costumes and smiled. She needed to make this good. She pulled out Dareths makeup kit she kept with her and started to work her magic. Dareth had taught her everything he knew.

Zareth walked into the dining hall to see Danny with fishnet stockings of different colors, converse in two different colors, a leather skirt, a bright green mid drift and a leather jacket. Bright blue and pink was slicked in her hair. She wore old black horn rimmed sunglasses.

"Hey babe...whatcha cookin?" She asked and blew a bright pink bubble. None of what she was wearing was something Zareth picked out. But on him was quite literally the male version of what she wore. Just more spicks and boots. He pulled his glasses down a little and looked at her.

"Babe...you read my mind." He said plucking the toothpick from his mouth and set the plate down. "So we have garlic potatoes, baked lemon chicken, and mixed veggies."

"Oh you put yourself out there huh?" She said and dug in. She hadn't ate in almost a day. They both were hungry. Soon enough the huge plate of food was gone and they sat back looking like the kids in breakfast club. Even Zareth was using the toothpick for the actual reason it was designed for.

"Oh could you go a day without that toothpick?" Danny asked her feet on the table again. Zareth snatched his toothpick and looked at her.

"Perish the thought." He told her. She could have sworn she saw him pet the toothpick before putting it back in her mouth. She jumped and put her hands over her head. The lights flickered and went out. Danny hated this time of year. Nothing but storms. The windows shook and one of the doors burst open.

"Hey...its okay Danny." Zareth said from beside her. His hand left hers as he went to go close the doors. Danny could just barely make out Zareth in the moonlight. Their wasn't much since it was covered by storm clouds. He once again disappeared once the doors closed. This only thing that could be seen was the color. They disappeared out the door. She gasped and stood up trying to follow him. She however tripped over another chair and ended up on the floor.