Ignorance is Bliss | By : Khaleesi-Of-Dragons Category: M through R > Once Upon A Time Views: 2313 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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"Think you could sneak in some glue and tongue depressors," I ask as Whale finishes writing something in my chart. "I need something to do and those might keep me occupied since everybody's busy." Dad, Regina, David, Snow, and Emma are all at Regina's house for something, Pan is out getting our dinner, and Whale is working nights this week, so my checkup got pushed back until now. "I promise I won't glue them to people."
"Don't make promises you can't keep," Whale scolds lightly.
"Okay, I promise I won't glue them to people's foreheads."
"Better. It might take me a little while, I do have patients to check on, but I'll bring you them when I can. Enjoy the free cable, you might be stuck here for a while before one of your guardians show up to get you."
"Quick question, why didn't you release me to my dad?"
"Because…." Whale pauses, trying to find the right words. "Because I know Regina and David will try and keep you out of trouble, Hook would shove a helmet on you and tell you to have at it." He pats my arm before walking out of my room, shutting the door behind him so that I have some privacy. This is crap, if it wasn't for Whale choosing a night shift, then I could be in my jammies and reclining on my couch with Pan and watching Aladdin. Instead I'm still dressed in my grey oyster skirt, a pale blue crop top that disappeared into the top of my skirt, my heeled boots, and a braid that was beginning to cause a migraine.
"My, my, aren't you quite dressed up for a hospital visit," a sickly familiar voice says just as the magic in the air shifts to allow someone to poof into my room. I look towards the window, finding Zalena staring at me with a smug look.
"Apparently this is what you dress in to get kicked out of the fancy French bistro downtown." Zalena's smile widens as she moves to sit next to me on my bed. "Are you here to kidnap me? Honestly, you baddies have to come up with a better plan because the whole kidnapping me is getting a little overused lately. Think about it, I was kidnapped by Papa, then by Cora in disguise, then by Cora not in disguise, then by my own father, then by my boyfriend, and then by you in the Enchanted Forest."
"Impressive."
"Not really, more of a headache than anything. What do you even hope to achieve by doing it? I mean, the only person that'll get pissed at this point is Whale and that's because something's always coming up that gets me injured and I'm never able to finish my treatment the way he likes. He may not look like much, but the guy knows his way around a scalpel. You already have control over my papa, you don't need control of my dad, so you're just wasting your time here." She frowns, smoothing out the wrinkles in her too-low-cut dress.
"I suppose you're right, it wouldn't affect the others in town." She gives a loud sigh, standing and patting down her ginger mane. "Well, I suppose you can tell my sister I send my fond regards."
"Tell her yourself, I'm not a Bolton."
"What?"
"God, you people need to watch more TV." Zalena raises a brow, disappearing in a puff of green smoke just as Pan and Whale walk in—Pan with Chinese take-out and Whale with the glue and tongue depressors. "About time y'all showed up."
"Was someone else in here," Pan asks, setting the food down and taking up his spot on the doctor stool that rolls around.
"Zalena was, I talked her out of kidnapping me since nobody was here to defend my honor. What little of that I have left."
"Are you alright," Pan asks, coming to stand behind me at one of the windows in my room, wrapping his arms around my waist and resting his on my shoulder. I place my hands on top of his, staring down at the town and trying to choke down the sudden surge of anger that had nearly overwhelmed me.
"I'm fine," I answer more harshly than I meant to. "Sorry, it's just hard to keep a lid on my darker side sometimes when I'm mad. That stupid witch showed up at the hospital with the idea to whisk me away and all I wanted to do in that moment was killer her, but all I'm allowed to do is cypher her magic little by little." I take a deep breath, letting it out slowly before repeating the process a few times until I'm no longer so tense.
"Don't worry so much, we'll have her soon enough and you can do whatever you like to her. I'll freeze everyone in town if I have to in order for you to exact your revenge." I smile, relaxing in his arms as his mouth moves up my neck to my ear before he begins to talk again. "And after you're done with that nasty business, I'll show you how pleasurable a little pain can be sometimes." Pleasant shivers race down my spine and I let out a breathless laugh.
"You're not supposed to make promises you can't keep."
"I'll most certainly keep this one, though we'll have to go to that cabin Rumple mentioned so that no one comes running when I make you scream." I turn, still in his arms, and wind my fingers into the curly hair at the base of his neck. He stares down at me, eyes darker than they were moments ago, pupils dilated as he stares down at me with such an intensity that I begin to shake. "Do we have a deal?"
"Mm, most certainly."
"Can't you two keep your hands off each other for five minutes," Regina complains, walking out into my room with a decorated cardboard box in her hands. "It's just wrong to see you looking at a guy like that—you're supposed to be the innocent one, remember."
"Yeah, well, the innocent ones are the ones that are usually kinky."
"God, just take this and thank me tomorrow." She makes it as far as the doorway before making a gesture that had magic pulling Pan out after her and my door slamming shut. With a snort, I take the box and sit on my bed with it, debating whether to open it now or wait for tomorrow and pretend it is Christmas. "Hell, I never waited even when it was Christmas." I remove the top and toss it to the ground, pulling out the present Regina had brought me. It's a book, clearly new judging by its pristine condition, with a picture of a city on the cover and the top torso of a man with strange tattoos decorating his body.
"City of Bones," I read aloud, the title interesting me almost as much as the cover picture. Hmm, maybe it'll hold my interest longer than that last book she gave me, though to be fair, I'm more of a Julius Caesar type than Romeo and Juliet. Maybe it's because the latter is used to often to describe romance when it's actually a tragedy. Shrugging, I kick the box to the floor and curl up under my blankets with the book in hand, wanting to begin reading immediately.
The City of Bones book I mentioned above is actually really great and part of the Mortal Instruments series. Casandra Clare writes it and y'all should check it out if you haven't already! :)
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