The phone rang shrilly beside Bonnie's ear waking her up.
"What the..." Bonnie woke instantly, sitting up in bed while trying to get rid of the terrible pounding pressure that came with any motion.
"Uh, hello?" She said hesitantly into the phone she has picked up.
"I knew it! Red, you realize that I am now going to have to make fun of you until you die, right?"
"What are you talking about Aglaia?" Bonnie was too tired to be puzzled and she ran a hand through her curls to shove them off her face.
"Why are you answering Avery's line, Red?" Aglaia tried very hard not to laugh as she imagined the look on Bonnie's face as she realized where exactly she was.
"Oh god..." Bonnie noticed the warm weight draped across her hips. Her eyes slowly travelled up to the muscular forearm that held her in place to the upper arm and shoulder, to Avery's peacefully sleeping face. "What the hell happened?"
With that, she flopped back and went to sleep once more.
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"Whore!" Damon threw another candlestick at the mirror. He growled and turned instantly into his crow form. He could no longer wait for her to come to him. No, he would go to her.
Damon flew out the window. Suddenly though, he let out a high-pitched sqwack as he hit an invisible barrier in the seemingly empty air. As he fell back to the floor inside, he turned back to his human form and groaned. His bones felt incredibly old and achy after that encounter with Regan's fun little barrier that kept him prisoner in the house. He had forgotten all about it in his determination to get to Bonnie.
Bracing a hand against the side of a table, he stood up shakily and fell into a nearby chair. As he fell asleep, his last thought was of Bonnie in another man's arms.
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Avery woke with a pleasant warmth in his arms and to the sound of a dial tone.
He started with surprise at the sight of Bonnie's red curls trailing across his chest, and then smiled.
He brushed her hair off her sleeping face and softly kissed her forehead before sliding out of the bed to be able to get to work in time.
The doorbell rang just as he was grabbing something to eat.
"Avery, you sly dog, I had no idea." Aglaia grinned up at him before stepping into the apartment. She smoothed out the faint wrinkles on her short black skirt of the crisp business suit she was wearing to hide her grin.
Avery blinked, before answering, "Hi Aglaia."
"Hi darling." She took off down the hallway in search of Bonnie.
"Bye!" He called, shaking his head before leaving.
"Bye!" Aglaia called over her shoulder while opening Avery's bedroom door and glancing in to see if her wayward friend was still enconsed in his bed.
"Bonnie, wake up!" Aglaia tossed her briefcase onto the desk and pounced on her.
"Aaaahhhh!!!" Bonnie screamed, coming to with a start.
"Out of bed, sleepy-head!" Aglaia stood up to grin down at her.
"Oh, my head..." Bonnie flopped back, clutching her throbbing head in the process.
"So, how was he?" Aglaia looked at her expectantly before grinning with a sudden realization, "I guess it will be pretty ackward around here for awhile. Perfect chance for you to go to say.... Spain for a vacation, right?"
To Be Continued....
