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[amellsinferno]

Solona had been giving it some thought ever since Anders brought it up. Escape the tower together? Her, Nellie, him and even Cullen? It was crazy but the way Anders explained it, it just might work. Surprisingly, Cullen agreed to do it, with Nellie's powers of persuasion of course.

So now the four of them are off to escape the Tower. Hopefully everything goes according to plan.

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"Sorry," Solona grimaces. "It's just that I said some things and he said some things and I think we need to talk about them for a while."

Cullen scowls. "Had what in me? Maker, Anders, please don't. Really. Please don't start."

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Nellie nods.

"Okay. You two just really need to be careful, okay...? I don't want to go back to the Tower, Sol..."

She sighs. "You two go first, okay?"

Anders smiles and shakes his head.

"Don't worry, I won't."

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"Nellie, the templars would have to go through me first before they get to you," Solona smiles apologetically. She kisses her sister on the cheek. "Thanks, Nel. Why don't you and Cullen go down for dinner first?"

"Somehow I doubt that," Cullen rolls his eyes.

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Nellie laughs weakly, smiling at her sister. "They won't have to go through anybody if we're careful. Should I get you and Anders something to eat as well?"

Anders just smiles.

"Relax, Cullen, I'm not saying anything."

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"That would be lovely, Nel," Solona smiles. "And hey, another excuse to be with Cullen, yes?"

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Nellie nods and blushes. "I'll grab you two some food, then. If they ask where you are, I'll say that you two are planning out the next steps in our journey to bring the Chant to the Chasind. Or, one of you is, and the other is bathing, or something."

She shrugs.

"It'll sound solid when they ask."

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"I trust you," Solona can't help but laugh. "Thanks Nel. To save you the trouble, we'll try our best to hurry."

Cullen looks up from his pillow again. Nellie. He'd been sulking a bit. Nellie. He should have some dinner. Nellie. Maybe with Nellie. Nellie.

"Anders, I'm going to go down and order some food," he announces, standing up. Then maybe he'd pick Nellie up on the way.

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Nellie laughs and nods. "Thank you, sister."

She makes her way over to the boy's room, knocking on the door. "Cullen? You in?"

Anders smirks. "You two kids go have fun."

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Cullen's heart jumps. How did she even--? He glares at Anders and hisses, "don't even try to act like you're more mature."

He moves to open the door revealing Nellie. "Nellie!" he greets her almost breathlessly. "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

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Nellie smiles, shaking her head.

"No, nothing's wrong. I thought you might like to get dinner, that's all."

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Cullen's stunned for a second. But a smile breaks out on his face. "I would love to. I was just thinking of asking you the same thing."

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Nellie blinks for a moment, before laughing. "Well, I guess great minds think alike, then! Solona's going to go take a bath, so we've just gotta remember to bring food back for her. Anders, do you want to come?"

Anders shakes his head. "Nah, you kids go have fun, I'm gonna stay here."

Nellie shrugs. "Okay, so we'll bring food back for you too."

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Why was he staying behind? Cullen wonders. But he shrugs it off. He just liked watching Cullen squirm and was probably plotting a way he could walk in on them and make fun of him and-- he should stop thinking about it.

"We'll see you later tonight then, Anders," Cullen nods before ushering Nellie out the door and closing it from behind. Then once the two of them are alone, Cullen starts blushing again. He covers his face with his hand. "I can't believe he and your sister saw that."

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Anders smirks and waves. He was indeed plotting to tease Cullen later...and he really did need to take a bath.

Nellie groans and nods, looking away.

"Maker, I can't believe they did either...at least it was them and not somebody else..."

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Cullen blushes again. "N-not th-that I d-didn't like it..." He walks slightly ahead of her, still embarrassed of his actions. "What would you like for dinner?" he asks in a feeble attempt to change the topic.

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Nellie blushes a bit, nodding. "Same..."

She just shrugs. Oh, thank the Maker, topic change.

"Well, let's just see what they've got..."

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Cullen smiles, takes her hand and intertwines her fingers with his. He pulls her down the hallway with a relieved look on his face.

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Nellie smiles at him, squeezing Cullen's hand. Sneaking around like this...it's exciting!

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Solona peers out into the hallway from the doorway. She could hear Nellie and Cullen's footprints disappearing down the hall. She then creeps to Anders' room and knocks on the door.

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Anders leaps off the bed, grinning and answering the door. He knew she'd be back.

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"Nellie offered that we share a bath together," Solona smirks.

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Anders grins wickedly.

"Oh, she did, did she? That was nice of her."

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"Very nice of her," she replies smugly. "Although this time we can't exactly dally."

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"Darn. We'll have to actually bathe, won't we."

He pouts, but still gives her a small smile.

"Ah well. We can dally when we get to Lothering."

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"Oh, don't be silly," Solona smirks, taking Anders' hand and pulling him towards her room. "And yes we can. When we have an actual bed and when we blend in well enough."