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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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Solona's eyes widen in surprise. She didn't expect him to run after her. She stops in the middle of the hallway, slowly turning around to face him.

"I-- I'm sorry I mentioned it! It was in the heat of the moment and I don't know what I was thinking!"

Cullen sighs, moving his kisses down to her neck, nibbling at her flesh. Maker help him that he'd be able to resist going further than that.

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Anders shrugs and smiles. "No, Sol...it's okay. I just..."

Aw, hell. He wants to kiss her. But he can't.

"I...I love you too, Sol..."

Nellie gasps, arching against him.

"Ah, Cullen...!"

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She blushes but then smiles anyway. "But you always say tha--!" A noise interrupts her. Coming from her room. Sounding suspiciously like a moan.

"What in the world?" She walks over to her door and opens it only to reveal Cullen and Nellie making out against a wall.

With that, Cullen freezes. The kissing has stopped but his hands are still on her body; one on her bum, the other at the small of her back. Then he blushes. Profusely. Maker help him.

"Nellie?" Solona gasps, flustered.

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Nellie and Cullen immediately pull away, both redface and embarrassed.

"Ah, Solona, you're back! How was your trip into town?"

She's got to deflect the attention now. Oh, Maker, they're in trouble.

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"Ah!" Solona replies a bit flustered as well. "It was interesting. Lots of interesting characters."

Cullen clears his throat. "I-- Uh, Nellie. I should be returning to my room now, yes?"

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Nellie blushes and nods quickly.

"Er...it was really nice talking to you, Cullen..."

Anders chuckles and shakes his head behind them. He still hasn't taken his bath...but he can wait and take it after Cullen goes to sleep.

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Cullen smiles. "I-it was nice too, Nel." He rushes out of the room blushing, avoiding eye contact with both Solona and Anders.

Once the boys are out of the room, Solona turns to Nellie with a smirk. "I knew you were going to distract him, Nels but I didn't think you were going to distract him like that."

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Nellie's bright red, and she looks away.

"Well, we were talking at first...it was nice, but you two got too loud!"

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"Ah! Sorry! We got erm..." Solona avoids Nellie's eyes. "Carried away." She turns towards the bath. "Is it alright if I go first, by the way? I need to wash up," she says awkwardly.

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Nellie raises an eyebrow and nods.

"Anders didn't get a chance to bathe, did he? How's he going to explain that to Cullen?"

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Solona gulps. "Well, he'll find a way. I hope."

Cullen reenters his room and makes his way towards his bed, sitting down and burying his face into a pillow. "Not a word, Anders."

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Nellie frowns. "I have an idea. If you don't mind sharing a bath with me, Anders could take my bathtime..."

It's not like she and Solona haven't had to do this before...but they haven't had to do this since they were small.

Anders just smirks.

"I won't say anything."

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"Or," Solona bites her lip, trying to hide the huge grin that was spreading on her face. "Why not Anders and I have a bath and you go first?"

Cullen groans. The mage was going to bring it up eventually. He just knew it.

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Nellie sighs. She knew she would say that. "You two can't have sex while having a bath, you know...and what if somebody comes to check up on you while bathing? How do you explain that away?"

She's not opposed to the idea, but she's concerned about getting caught.

Anders just smirks, sitting down on the bed. He'll wait to say something.

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"We, err... Lock the door?" She shrugs it off though. "Well, the two of us in a bath can work as well. I've got to warn you though. I have Anders all over me." Solona grins wickedly.

Cullen brings the pillow down and glares at Anders. "What?"

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Nellie sighs. "Well...if you really want to take a bath with Anders, I guess you can, but we just need to be careful, that's all."

Anders whistles innocently.

"OH, nothing...just didn't think you had it in you, Cullen."

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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?"