amellsinferno | In Another World | locked to apostate

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?"

Nellie smiles, shaking her head.

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

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."

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."

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."

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..."

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Anders grins wickedly.

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

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

"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."

"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."

Anders smirks right back at her.

"Oh, good. I thought for a moment we were going to act sensible, and that scared me there."

He nods. Oh, he cannot wait till they get to Lothering...

"Act sensible?" Solona quirks an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" She closes the door behind them and locks it, moving to the tub to heat the water with a touch of her finger.

"You know. Try to keep a low profile or whatever it is Chantry people do....but I like the way you think much more."

He smirks, leaning against the door.

"But we aren't going to be Chantry folk in Lothering, are we?" Solona asks as she pushes her robes off her shoulders. "That would require us signing up for the Chantry itself."

"Oh, Maker, no. I don't think I could keep up the act forever. We'll do something else in Lothering, love."

He nods and starts to remove his robes.

"I dunno. We could be farmers or animal healers or something."

Solona steps into the water. "Animal healers? I think that's what you want to be." She chuckles and leans back, soaking in the warmth of the water and sighing happily. "Nellie could man an apothecary or something. Cullen can be the farmer." She snorts at the thought.

That leaves one lingering question though. She turns to Anders with a bothered look on her face. "What can I do?" It's not like she's good with herbs like Nellie or healing like Anders; and she certainly wasn't going to do any physical work, not with her build from life in the Circle.

Anders joins her in the water, sighing happily and sinking into the warmth. Oh, that's nice.

But then she asks that question, what could she do? And he looks up at her, seeing the concern on her face.

"Wat do you want to do, Sol?"

"I'm not even sure myself, Andy," she sighs. Her legs brush against his, with them seated opposite each other. "I mean, most of what I learned in the tower is about offensive spells. I could blow things up in a heartbeat. But then that doesn't exactly work for the quiet life, does it?"

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