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Chapter 12: Well Laid Plans

Sam stumbled as she made her way back to the booth with Ferie while holding the other woman's hand as they walked. Sure, she may have had a little too much to drink, but it was all because she was celebrating. Her plan had worked so well.

Yeah, Lucy and Daryl and the meanie Sarah were kinda fighting right now, but they wouldn't be for long. It's exactly what all of them needed. Yeah, she hadn't expected the meanie to get in on it, but that was ok. The meanie wasn't all meanie, and he deserved to be happy, too.

But, how was everything else going? Sam needed to know, so she pushed out her magic and just...felt. Grinning, she could sense everyone's enjoyment as she saw her friends talking and having fun. Even Meri and Tori were having a really good conversation.

The world spun a little, but they had finally arrived at the booth and Sammy plopped down tiredly and started scooting in. Man, when had the world gotten so wobbly? Ferie was saying something to Merk who still looked grumpy.

Oh, Sam had an idea. "Urdie!" She nearly yelled. Oops, too loud.

Her demon looked at her and smiled. When the other woman looked at her like that, Sam didn't feel quite so silly about the stuff she did. "What is it, Sam?" Urdie's voice was so gentle. Sam could listen to her talk all day.

"You wanna watch kitten videos with me and Ferie?"

She grinned even bigger. Urdie had such a good smile. "Of course, love." When her demon sat down next to her, Sam wrapped her in a big hug, "I missed you."

"I've been here the whole time."

"I know, but I still missed you."

Urdu put her arm around Sam's shoulder as they scooted further in to make room for Ferya on Urdu's other side. The demon kissed the side of the witch's head absently, "I missed you too."

Sam could feel the love radiating off of her demon, and she couldn't help but take in that energy, feel it swirl around making the place just so...happy. For a second, Sam thought she caught Ferie looking at her curiously, but she probably didn't because she was a little drunk and things weren't exactly making sense now.

"Oh," Sam pulled out her phone and went to YouTube, "Ferie, look kittens!"

Sam completely forgot what she had been thinking about as she and the other woman started watching videos and laughing. Even Urdie seemed to like them. She kinda had to watch anyway since she was stuck between Sam and Ferya.

Tonight had just gone so much better than expected. At first, it had almost gone bad...almost. But, not now! Things were perfect. Everyone was having a good time, and her friends were so happy. Their joy made Sammy happy, too. She'd only had to help people not be grumpy or sad a couple times.

Things were...oh boy was she sleepy all of a sudden. The sounds from the bar kinda seemed to fall into the background, and Sam looked over to Ferya. Her friend was already asleep.

Everyone else in the booth was talking about some pretty interesting stuff, but Sam's eyelids just kept getting heavier until they eventually closed of their own accord. She felt someone gently pull her phone from her hands and heard the sound as it was set on the table.

Sam leaned into Urdie then, breathing in the smell of the woman. She smelled like...home. The steady rise and fall of Urdie's chest coupled with the murmured sounds of her speaking words Sam was too tired to listen to lulled her to sleep.

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Sam woke up confused resting her head on Ferya's shoulder. She panicked for a moment when Urdu wasn't there, but she soon realized that she felt Urdie and Tim on the roof doing something silly. Well, Timmy was doing something kinda silly. Urdie was just being the referee.