hey I just met you and this is crazy
After a rather stressful day at work ("Can you spend several hours on the phone with a firm of Scottish engineers? It'll be just like Christmas dinner with your in-laws!") I went to London this evening and had dinner with the South African Siren! For late arrivals to the party of my endlessly fascinating life, I spent a year living abroad some time
( Read more... )
"I'm feeling much, much better," she said.
"That's why you've not got out of bed for a week, is it," Rory said, from the other side of the room somewhere; face-down on her pillows, she couldn't exactly see him very well. From the small, industrious sounds he was making, she guessed he was cleaning the mess she'd left in the room before she'd gone away.
"I love my bed," Amy said, with absolute truth. "I love it a lot. I want us to get reacquainted. I do feel better."
"Amy," he said, urgently, and she rolled over suddenly, peering through the translucent layers of sheets. "I want you to know I'll do anything to make you feel better. Anything. I'll fetch for you, I'll carry for you, I'll play Raggedy Doctor with you."
"And will you believe me?" she asked, with the bite in her voice. "Will you believe me when I tell you what happened to me?"
He sat on the edge of her bed. "Yes," he said, and for a delicious moment it was that simple; it was truth ringing in the air like a struck bell.
"Really?" she said, quietly.
"Yes. I won't promise to know how to understand it or what to do."
She thought about that. "That's fair enough," she said, after a while. After another moment, without either of them really thinking about it, he got into bed with her and they snuggled down together.
"I really do feel better," she said again.
"I'm glad," Rory said, and she laughed.
"I take it you don't mind me doing what I do, any more?" she asked.
"I mind if you're sad," he said. "And I meant it," he added, with the same quietness in his voice. "I'll do whatever it takes."
"Will you dress up in my French maid's outfit?" she said hopefully.
"Yes," he said, and started taking off his boots.
Reply
Leave a comment