Where do your heart belong? (open)

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Tag: OPEN

Word: 413

Notes: First Eve's post!!

"Not the best time of the year... definetely not the best for me... fall is coming and winter will follow as always..."

The cool fall breeze was already running through the camp. in the city you could see the kids playing with their kites, also the huge eagles were flying up in the sky using that cool breeze. The trees were losing their leaves already and the fields were losing the bright green color, changing it for a beautiful golden one, emerauld and bronze and gold on the trees, such an amazing view if you appreciated the nature just a bit at least.

Eve was standing on a side of Little Tiber, she looked down at it and saw how calm it seemed, but she had seen and felt how hard the currents in it were, she knew it was difficult to cross, even for those expert swimmers. "the agents will be in troubles... I'd better find a way to transport them here all at once... and Sky... well she is tough, but hope she knows how to swim..." smirks and shakes her head at that thought. It was going to be a titanic job  to get into camp so many agents at once by the moment of the strike.

She sighed as she looked to the other side of the Tiber, the Tunnel was there, so first they would have to cross it, get there and fight some monsters... well maybe she should have to plan something or better let Avetis to do it, he is already a genius about strategy and war, so... maybe their leader would know better on how to act there, to attack directly, to get there covered in shadows, or dropped by a chopper from the sky. "Would Terminus stop them if they just feel over New Rome?... he is a god after all."

that was something serious to consider, maybe they should have to perform some kind of test before even considering to send the agents into the city from the air. Then she sat on the ground and started playing with some daisies that were there like a weed in the ground. She smiled looking at them and started giving them more 'friends', soon a good radius of flowers was around Eve,  in many ways she seemed an angel sitting there bare foot, wearing jeans-shorts and her purple shirt. She heard someone aproaching, but didn't evenmove, as if she hadn't heard the footsteps coming closer.

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Remus could spot her from a mile off. Probably because she was alone, which he hoped to remedy. That, and the flowers growing around her. He stood back a decently long ways and just watched her from behind as flowers bloomed like a time lapse film all around her. He couldn’t help but smile, half because the flowers, and half because the person in the middle of them. Eve had been a close friend of his for years and there had even been a time none too far in the past that they had nearly been more than friends. He still felt bad that he couldn’t be there for her like that, but he was determined to be a good friend whatever it took. She deserved that much.

Especially now. Fall was closing in, and he knew full well the struggle she went through during the Fall and Winter. She was good at hiding it behind a mask of strength, but she had confided in him before. Maybe that was why she was out here alone, he thought. Dreading the coming fall. It was already showing in the trees and other plants, in the breeze. Poor Eve. She had too much to deal with. He wanted her happy so badly, but he didn’t know what to do. He couldn’t change the genes her mother had passed on to her that caused this depression. Also, it wouldn’t be fair to her if he tried again to date her because he was still healing himself. He knew plenty, by word of mouth, about the dangers of getting in a relationship immediately after one fails. It usually ended poorly. And he didn’t want to do that to Eve. He really did care about her. Just… he feared not in the way she had wanted him to. He held in a sigh. It was a complex topic that he still mulled over at night. Truth was, he was lonely. Horribly lonely. But he didn’t want that to be the only reason he dated her. Though he missed that kiss of hers. It had been about the best thing to happen to him since… a long time. Then again, there had been that time he had seen her laughing and walking with another boy, a new guy from what he remembered, the one she had brought to camp. She had looked pretty happy with him. And he… he had felt a pang of… was it jealousy? Maybe he truly was in love with Evelyn McCloud. But he’d blown his one chance now. Now he could only be her friend.

He shoved his dark musings to the back of his mind as he walked up, stopping just outside the ring of flowers. “I’d come closer, but I’d hate to harm your beautiful flowers.”

Tag: Eve
Word Count: 467
Notes: the feels!!! </3

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Tag: Remus Stone

Word: 401

Notes: T_T

She closed her eyes and let the soft cool breeze ran among her hair, it used to help her to clean her thoughts, her soul, but not anymore, now that breeze was cold, it reminded her mind about the coming fall, the coming winter. She knew soon she wasn't going to be herself, she was going to be a darkest version of herself, few people in camp knew about it... well maybe no one but Remus, she hadn't been able to confide in any other than him. He had been her friend, he had been her anchor, someone he had always been able to trust and be with... until some weeks ago.

since the moment she set a foot on camp's territory, she knew she was there only as a spy, a link between camp and the government, she knew it and she agreed with it, but Remus Stone spoiled that! She starting having doubts, she wanted him to be happy, to be safe! But how could he be happy and safe when several units of the agency were going to attack camp?! She needed to find a way to keep him safe, no matter he hated her later, first he would hate her then he would live, that was the plan there.

Suddenly she heard those footsteps coming closer, she knew them, the weight... a warrior for sure, someone that was used to carry a sword, someone that was completely balanced in battle. then he stopped but it didn't matter, his voice only confirmed what she already knew, it was Remus... her Remus... "no... NO!!" she yelled in her head. "he is... her Remus... Felicity's..."  she breathed deeply trying to control her feelings her ideas and her moods. It seemed that Fall was coming like a month earlier to town... she already felt how darkness pulled her deeply in its territory.

slowly the flowers seemed to move by themselves to form a small path so he could join her. "it's ok, you can come closer..." she felt how her heart beat fast and hard, it was because of him, because of that lost hope of being with him... no more... he loved the fake dead chick... well he could go and... "STOP IT!!" she yelled again in her mind, trying to stop herself from being rude to him. He had never really seen one of her very bad days. 

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Why was he nervous? He had no clue at all, but he was. He felt like he was approaching a crouching lioness on the hunt rather than Evelyn McCloud. He closed his eyes, taking advantage of her not looking at him, and took a moment to collect himself. This was worse than facing battle. Heck, he would love it if a crazy monster attacked right about now to distract him. He lost his mind to memories of battles and trainings, though his memory shied away from that fateful last day of the previous war like it was a landmine. Which, in all intents and purposes, it really was a mental one. The moment his mind touched it, he was a goner no matter the face he put up. But he was getting better. He no longer needed to talk to Venus, and he’d stopped visiting her grave every day. Yes, he wasn’t one hundred percent, but he was better. Just like Miyuki had told him. It was okay to not be okay. But that didn’t mean he didn’t have any ground to make up. He’d hurt Eve badly and he knew that because it had hurt him too. He knew she had tried to be strong, but he knew better than to think she was invulnerable. No one was. He had once thought he was, but, well, life certainly proved him wrong in many ways, all rapid fire too. The loss of his brother, the loss of like five of his siblings, the loss of his fiancé, the disappearance of one of his closest friends. It was too much.

He opened his eyes at her words and saw the flowers part to make a path for him. He smiled faintly and walked closer. As he approached, he pulled off his jacket and, when he reached her, draped it around her shoulders before taking a seat next to her. He was silent for a long moment before he looked to her. “Sorry if I’m disturbing your private time. I’m sure you came out here by yourself to actually be by yourself. So… thanks for letting me join you.” He reached out and ran his fingers over the soft petals of one of the flowers, thinking. After a minute, he sighed, but he didn’t look up this time. “Listen… I’ve been thinking a lot. And I know that’s a horrible way to start this conversation out because those words have a bad history for us thanks to me. But, well, I’m not really the most eloquent, so I apologize in advance for that. Blame my dad. The whole battle before negotiation mentality I’m afraid I somewhat inherited. And… I’m rambling, sorry.” He took a deep breath. “I actually do have a purpose for this visit, I promise. I… like I said, I’ve been thinking. A lot. And, well, I know I don’t deserve a second chance, but…I was wondering… if you would go out with me.” He hurried to add, “Just a dinner, nothing special really. Maybe a visit to that garden of yours after if you like, see the last of the flowers before Fall comes…” True, he wasl scared that she would tell him off and push him away… just as he had done her. He deserved to be pushed away. He had hurt her and a voice in the back of his head said he didn’t deserve her at all, that she had every right to turn him down and demand he never speak to her again.

Tag: Eve
Word Count: 588
Notes: The Call -- what was playing in the background while I typed this

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Tag: Remus Stone

Word: 426

Notes:  ok... a bomb!! XD

The flowers moved aside and let the Camp's praetor walk till the place where Eve was sitting. they moved aside as trying to also move aside what Eve was holding up in her very soul, but they couldn't, nothing could help her in that moment. Remus had been her friend for some time, in fact for a long time, if you remembered that a demigod's life was count like Dog years, not because they aged faster, but because they died earlier.  She felt his proximity, his warmth and it made her shiver exactly a second before she felt how something was placed on her shoulders and back.

She moved her head in a titl, just a few degrees, only to let the scent that was printed in his jacket got into her lungs and her brain. then she looked away again, she didn't want to seem weak, she didnd't want him to know that her heart was beating faster than usual, that her mind was confused and that she just wanted to kiss him as he kissed her several days ago, but she knew it was totally out of her league! Besides... she was in that place planning how to let the agency get into the camp! how could she ever think to be with Remus?! he would hate her only by thinking about the idea of it... even more if he knew she was part of those agents too.

But then Remus started talking, babling and rambling would be a better way to say it. Then she listened well to his words, was he really talking about... a date? "But..." she started then went silent, how about Felicity? didn't he felt deep love for her?...  And even when he didn't know a thing, Felicity was alive, she might come back someday... But if she loves him that much... why she let him suffer in such way?! Moreover, if Remus dated her, if he really fell for her at some point, then she would be able to talk to him, to convince him that what Avetis has in mind isn't that crazy. She would save Remus' life and maybe camp's. He was praetor and could convince people that the agency was the best option for the camp and also for New Rome.

"it's... it's only a dinner... right?... nothing more..." She smiled softly, sweetly and looked at him, there was still some summer bright i her eyes, so maybe if he was with her, she could keep it shinning inn her eyes till next Spring... hopefully.

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Remus usually had pretty good composure. Usually. But that was before the war. Before his brother died, before his fiancé died, before-… before all this mess. A giant headache, that’s what it was. The world turning against him. Some days it felt like that. Right now, though, right now it felt different. Like he was trying to walk on a moving carousel. It was dizzying and disorienting and everything was telling him to stop, but he couldn’t. He had to keep going. If he stopped, well, he didn’t want to think of what would happen then. If you fell behind in the world of the Romans, you were doomed. Just as he had seen in his own case. His grief after the war had been a worse handicap then the wound infection. He’d been useless. And he’d almost given up. His job was all that kept him moving forward. Now he was nearly back to normal. The war was over. He could still visit his brother’s lar, happy with his also-lar girlfriend. Just like Jason, who had just proposed to Clare not that long ago. All told, everyone was happy. Or so it seemed, at least. He felt maybe he owed it to himself to be happy again.

And that was where Eve came into the picture. He’d been terrified at first, when she kissed him that one time, but that quickly gave way to longing, so, well, he kissed her back. But then it gave way to guilt and pain and the next day he was crying and apologizing and… he hadn’t seen her since. He’d been too afraid to, after hurting her so badly. Until now. Now he felt like he needed to be near her, for sanity’s sake. Her words were unexpected, that she didn’t push him away, and nor did she confirm it as a date. So immediately he felt confused and lost and like he was walking on that accursed carousel again. But her smile, gods, her smile. He couldn’t help but smile back. “Yes, just dinner.” He thought of one of the few pop culture shows he’d seen to try to drag him out of his post-war funk – wouldn’t Felicity be proud? – : “It’s not a promise, it’s not an IOU, it’s just a phone number”. He held back a sigh. No, dinner was better than nothing at all. Which had been what he had expected, so this was good, right? He stood up and offered his hand to help her up. “Care to join me then? Or… another time?”

Tag: Eve!
Word Count: 426
Notes: getting interesting!!!

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Tag: Remus Stone

Word: 491

Notes: Ok... I hope this train won't run over all of them XD

Usually Eve had a very strong mind, when she decided not to do something she avoided it and there was no one that could really separate her from the chosen path. But when Winter approached, when Fall was so close, she simply couldn't make up her mind, the darkes side of herself took control over her mind and heart, and by darkes it isn't refered to the evil side of herself, but the sadder, the loner, the one that she, as a flower, feared the most, the time and season that left her silent and made the best of herself go to sleep and didn't allow her to shine like she did in Spring or Summer. The only person that had been able to keep her with a smile during those seasons without being Avetis, had been Remus Stone. 

It was some magic that he should have, he could keep her smile going, he had been able to keep saddness away. But since the moment he set his eyes on Felicity, everything had been different, he was always thinking on her, he was always looking the opportunity to be with the daughter of Pluto! And she didn't deserve him!! not at all!! He had given her his heart and she had stabbed that heart and stepped on it so many times!! Eve had wanted to kill her so many times, it would have been so easy!! just touch her and her soul would have been separated from the body, no one would have known what happened to her and in a matter of days her body would have died. 

But in that moment, looking into Remus's eyes, she knew that if she had done that, she would have hurt him much more, and she wouldn't have been able to hide the fact that she killed his eternal love... No... It was much better in that moment, Felicity broke his heart one more time and she was there to fix it, to heal it little by little, and besides that she would be able to protect him from the agency! 

She smiled at him when he confirmed that it was only a dinner, she didn't want it to be fast, she wanted him to think about being with her, to really feel it! When he decided for real to be with her, then Felicity would be over, forgotten and wouldn't be back. Avetis was also working on that, so... it was a win win action. He ofered his hand to her and she held it, he was as always so warm, so sweet of him to be there. "I have time now... you know how it is this half of the year. I try to be away from others, but I'll make an exception for you." she grins at him and gets up, holding his hand and looking at him as if he could possibly be a new sun on her horizon.

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That was right. Only a dinner. He sighed inwardly, to himself where she wouldn’t be able to see. He did wish it was more than just a casual dinner. However, he had no idea how to make it that way without embarrassing himself. Or without getting a time machine and going back in time and smacking himself before he’d had the chance to tell her he couldn’t date her not that long ago. Yes, this was entirely his fault and he knew it. He deserved not to even be going out to dinner with her, but by some luck and by her amazing forgiveness, she had accepted to go with him. And her smile… her smile warmed him so much.

He stood and offered his hand and was pleased when she took it and stood up. She’d make an exception for him. He hoped he didn’t blush. No, that was just because they were such good friends, right? She usually didn’t hang out with people too much in Fall and Winter. Yet usually he was sometimes the exception. Right? It could just be that. No! Why was he deliberately trying to dash his own hopes? That was stupid. Hope was what kept people going. No, maybe she made the exception for him because she really did like him. Even despite how he’d let her down. After all, hadn’t he still loved Felicity even when she turned to Saturn? Love was a funny thing. Though, he had a feeling, in the case of Eve McCloud, it might be too soon to be using that term.

“Well then, how about our old haunt? That place that makes the really good organic salads? I know I at least could go for one of those right about now.” Still holding her hand, he led the way along the little path made by the flowers and on the way towards New Rome, which they would have to go to no matter where they chose to eat, so may as well get started. He wasn’t about to take her to dinner at the mess hall, after all. No, he had some sense of how to treat a girl. And the mess hall was not part of that. Sure, there was the idea of sitting with her in the mess hall. He’d never done it himself, but he knew other couples did all the time. It wasn’t really his ego that got in the way – for once – just… well, he wasn’t really sure actually. Maybe even nerves.

Tag: Eve
Word Count: 420
Notes: it probably will o.o And sorry it’s so painfully short. Muse was not with me.

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Tag: Remus Stone

Word: 519

Notes: I hope it is ok I played Terminus XD

"The salad... OH! right! I remember which one! it is one of my favorite places Remus!" She said as a kid that had just given the opportunity to go to its favorite amusement park or maybe going to a hamburgers' restaurant. It was funny how Remus was capable to know what she needed, what she liked and wanted. maybe it was because they had spent a lot of time together for the last years, or maybe it was because he was for her and not for that daughter of Hades? She had also seen that kind of relationship among people that were as close as siblings... but she was sure it wasn't their case... right? "Let's go there!"

Eve looked at Remus as they started walking, she remembered when she saw him for the first time, he wasn't that tall or that wide, he had always been a strong guy, but after the last war he seemed to have gotten more mature as if he was more like his father, that was something good, always good. She had never met the god, and honestly she would be a bit cohibited by his incredible power and presence. But in that moment being with Remus gave her kind of that feeling too.

Maybe it was just that she thought that he wasn't going to talk to her again, maybe it was his energy, his soul which was bright and strong inside of him. But she could feel a strong force inside of her, but it wasn't in her stomach like the first time she shadow traveled, no... it was above that part of her body, it was right on her heart, he was... he was... She looked at him again and then looked back to their hands, still together, then looked to the front and smiled with a slight blush. "What is Remus Stone for me...?"

She thought and tried to think straightly, to remember what she was doing in that moment. Was she still trying to convince him to be with the Agents? or was she just hanging out with a marvel of guy? "Gods! thinking with Fall coming so close was almost impossible!..." she thought and sighed, yet with fall coming as she held his hand her soul kind of was in a rest, she didn't know why, but he brought her mind peace and allowed her to think, to feel... maybe it was only because he was the only person in Camp that had always treated her as a normal human... a normal girl... 

"Any weapons?"

The voice of the angry armless god brought Eve back to reality and she shook her head. "No Terminus... I... I never have weapons with me." She smiled and lifted her hands. That wasn't entirely truth, any of her roses would have been used as a weapon, but she had never let them see that or know about that. So the God nodded at her.

"Remember to wear the reglamentary boots or shoes McCloud! Remus Stone, Praetor... good... good... any weapons? if not go on!" Said the god and then looked away.

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Remus smiled. Maybe it was just him being biased, but he’d always enjoyed being around Eve. Even if it was only recently that he thought of her as anything more than a friend. She’s started that one, he reasoned. Not that he was complaining. He’d been getting pressured to try to move on from multiple sources. Finally he’d appease them. But he certainly wasn’t doing this for them. Too long he’d felt… hollow. Like he had a big, gaping hole inside him he just couldn’t fix. Finally it was starting to heal, and it was Eve who was doing it. He’d tried going back to his old ways of living up to his ‘Robocop’ nickname again, but ever since Felicity woke him up to realize that his heart was not made of cast iron… well, he couldn’t really go back completely. He had finally realized that other people weren’t insane to look for such relationships. They really weren’t such a bad thing at all. A necessary thing, he might even venture to say. Nowadays, he found that sitting in the principia doing paperwork, or training on his own just wasn’t as fulfilling as it used to be. Sure, he still enjoyed those activities, twisted as that might sound, but they didn’t complete him anymore. He needed time with someone else. And not just a friend. He didn’t want this to be just because of that new-found need though. He wanted it to be genuine. She deserved that. That’s why he’d taken so long to think about it on his own, stew over it and turn it over in his head. He wanted to be sure.

“You had me worried there for a moment,” he teased. “Worried you forgot about it. You got yourself a deal then. One stipulation: I’m paying.” He walked with her along the road towards New Rome and in retrospect was rather ashamed to find that he didn’t talk. It wasn’t for lack of caring, though. His mind was abuzz again. He never used to really be the thoughtful type, but over the last year or two, he’d had a lot more to think about. He found he was thinking a lot right now, mostly about Evelyn McCloud. Like he was reviewing the years that they’d known each other. Pausing and slowing down and replaying recent events to try to figure out what was exactly going on. He never would have guessed she liked him that way. Then again, he wasn’t known for his ability to read emotions. More like the exact opposite usually. They almost always caught him by surprise. Eve was a little tiny bit easier to read mostly because he’d known her for so long. But that bit about the kiss was new. That part he hadn’t seen coming at all. So turns out even in a dear friend there could be new and surprising stuff.

Terminus’ commanding voice brought him back and it was then that he realized he’d been silent the whole way and silently cursed himself. This was already starting out badly. He hoped she wasn’t mad at him for not talking. But back to the moment at hand. He drew his gladius that he always kept with him. “Just this, Terminus. You probably know what I’m about to say too, so…” He and Terminus had an understanding or sorts. Or at least, ever since he got his first gladius he always drilled Terminus to make sure the god kept careful watch over his precious favored weapon. Nowadays it was much less pestering because Remus had come to the conclusion that his gladius had never been damaged before so why would it be now. He set the gladius at the base of Terminus’ statue and looked to Eve. “Ready to go?” He led the way into New Rome to their old haunt. This time, he tried for conversation. “So what have you been up to today?”

Tag: Eve
Word Count: 655
Notes: all good on playing Terminus

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Tag: Remus Stone

Word: 421

Notes: She is convincing herself about this being real XD

Remus Stone...

His name had a very particular effect in eve's mind and heart, he really was capable to move her heart, to make her feel as she had never felt before, you could say that he was her first love. Not her first crush because that post was for a guy that Eve kept deep inside her heart, but by that time she loved that other guy more like a brother. But Remus, Remus was her first love, the first guy who she really could say that she loved with each fiber of her body as much more than a brother, but as a half of her, as a lover if they could ever get to that.

So... if she felt that way, why was she hesitaing so much about being with him?! Was it because he had already broken her heart once? Or was it because she knew that he didn't really love her? Or maybe it was because she knew she would break his heart when he knew the truth of her origins and who she really worked for. then Terminus told them to pass. she nodded at him when he told her to wear shoes. She smiled at Terminus and continued her way by Remus' side. 

when Remus spoke to her She smiled at him, she couldn't hide how happy she was to be with him, to walk by his side, to feel his warmth. "yes, I'm ready." She continued walking with him into New rome. The place where he wanted to take her wasn't that far from the boarder line, so she knew that either she sumarize her days or she tell him about them also while they had dinner. she looked again to the front as a couple of kids passed running, they seemed to be playing with small ball or something like that.

"WEll, you know my days in Fall and Winter... " she said and then smiles at him again. "But I've been trying to train more... to focus my mind in something... else." She meant that she didn't want to think of him after he hurt her last time.  But she didn't want to make him feel sad in that moment, so she smiled again and held his hand in hers. "come on! I'm starving!" pulls him as she walks a bit faster, towards the restaurant. She wasn't going to think on Felicity or how he for sure still loved her, but the time that she was sharing with him.

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For too long he’d been in pain. And all this time he hadn’t even realized the medicine was right in front of him. And her name was Evelyn McCloud. She truly was a gods-send. She was his friend for so many years and when he needed it most, she stepped in to fill the gaping hole in his heart and soul. Why hadn’t he seen it sooner? Then again, maybe he’d been blinded before or something. Maybe the Fates had something else in mind for him that didn’t involve Felicity Weingarten. Actually, given the circumstances, that was quite apparent. But now he was asking the right questions. Even if it had taken –regretfully – breaking Eve’s heart to get there. But seeing how much he had hurt her, even just thinking about it, had killed him. That must mean something, right? He hurt people all the time in training or verbally and didn’t think twice about it. He wasn’t a nice person. But when Eve came into the picture, everything changed. He’d given in to the Fates ever time Felicity had hurt him, but maybe he shouldn’t have. Maybe he shouldn’t have put up with so much. Eve… Eve, she was different. She didn’t hurt him, not even when he had hurt her so badly.

So when she fell into step beside him, he couldn’t help but smile. She was as beautiful as the flowers she so dearly loved. He found himself staring when she spoke up. “Wha-… oh right!” Come on, Remus, stop acting like an idiot. Her smile really lit up her face and eyes. Stop getting distracted! He nodded. “Yeah, I can only imagine. Well, if you ever need someone to train with, you know where to find me. Or to go out to lunch with, or go for a walk with, or anything.” And he rather hoped she’d take him up on that. He smiled just thinking about seeing her poke her head in the principia to pull him away from his work for a nice walk and sandwiches or something. Sounded downright pleasant to him.

Then she surprised him by tugging him along faster. He grinned and chuckled. “So that was your stomach rumbling?” he teased. “I thought maybe a dinosaur came back to life nearby and was roaring. Kidding, of course.” He hoped she didn’t mind a spot of joking, but she didn’t strike his as the sort who would. Then again, it was Autumn and she was unpredictable then. “Or it might have been my stomach…” He chuckled. Within a moment or two, they were at the restaurant. “Pick where you want to sit. This is my treat, so get what you want, okay?”

Tag: Eve
Word Count: 450
Notes: *hugs Eve* I so ship these two.

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Tag: Remus Stone

Word: 447

Notes: O..O ok, she did it!...

Eve walked with Remus and smiled when he so gently offered himself to train with her if that was what she needed, and she knew he was being nice to her, but would have he been... earnest? She wasn't sure if he was or not, what if he was being just gentle, friendly gentle, well that was something, right? Her heart wanted more, she wanted him to be more than just that, more than just a friend, but... She knew he couldn't give more than that, she was sure of it! That death girl had her hands around his heart, even then when he thought she was dead, she still had her boney fingers around his heart and didn't let it beat freely!!

For a second she shivered, it was not out of cold, she wasn't cold. it was more that her selfcontrol was at the limit, she remembered how she saw Felicity alive, how she said she wouldn't go back so soon, Eve told her about Remus' pain and the stupid daughter of Pluto didn't even care about it! And Remus' heart still beat for her?! She closed her eyes for a second and let the cool air of Fall got a good grip of her mind and heart, then she opened her eyes again and looked at Remus as he joked about their stomaches being the reason of some monster's growls.

"Oh come on! you usually are hungrier than I am... at least you were before being a praetor..." She smiled at him and then looked inot his beautiful blue eyes, two pieces of blue diamonds, she felt his warmth against her body and she relaxed again, she walked to the restaurant and looked at him when he said she could get anything she want. "Anything? don't make promises you can't keep Praetor." smiled softly and kissed the corner of his lips, then she let go his hand and walked to a table that was in the back of the place, by a green space where were several kinds of flowers and plants.

She sat down and didn't dare to see in his direction, she was red as a tomato! did she just do what she thought she had done?! She almost kissed his lips, she insinuated that she wanted more than friendship from him! she just realized that he would never love her more than he loves Felicity! still her heart yearns more for his heart, for his love, for his sweet eyes looking at her and his rough hands used to war that with her were always so soft and firm. She yearn to be with him as she had never realized before.

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Remus laughed. “Alright, you’ve got me there. I’ll admit I am pretty hungry. Though I swear this is more about hanging out with you rather than filling my annoying belly.” He smirked. He was about to say something in response to her second comment when it happened. He froze like a statue at the feeling of her kiss. Sure, it wasn’t directly on the lips, but it might as well have been. A chill ran down his spine that was in no way connected with the Autumn weather. She had kissed him. And here he had been, thinking he would never get that ever again because of his stupidity. He finally unfroze after what felt like ten minutes, but in reality was more like about ten seconds. His face was beet red and he couldn’t help but lift his hand and lightly touch the spot next to his lips where she had kissed him, as if checking to see if it was really real. Like maybe he’d find something there to prove that she had done what he thought she had done. He smiled slightly, much like a little kindergarten boy who had just gotten a kiss from the girl he had a crush on in class: kind of silly looking, but happy. He let his hand fall back to his side and took a deep breath before following her over to the table she had chosen to sit at and sitting down across from her.

And drawing a blank. He was still reliving that moment just a minute ago as he watched her beautiful face. Finally, he came out of his thoughts enough to speak. “You know… you were supposed to let me pull out your chair for you.” His tone was half joking, trying to lighten a situation that he wasn’t quite sure what to do with yet. He couldn’t help but watch her though. Though he knew better than to admit it aloud, she did make that statue of Lady Venus on Temple Hill look a tad homely. Her crystalline eyes, the warm glow of her skin, the gentle curve of her lips, the silken flow of her hair. He paused for a moment, wondering if he dare try his luck at all, but maybe she wouldn’t mind. After all, hadn’t she just taken an even bigger chance by kissing him? He reached across the table and took her hands in his and smiled at her.

However, the gods seemed to be having quite a laugh at his expense today because it was roughly that time that the waiter came up and introduced himself. Remus, shaken forcibly from his little bubble, quickly let go of her hands and hoped to the gods that he wasn’t blushing again. “Um, right of course. I’ll have the Caesar salad and water. And whatever she’s having. One bill please.” The waiter jotted down notes and looked to Eve for her order.

Tag: Evelyn McCloud
Word Count: 490
Notes: aww!