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When she hugged him, he wrapped his arms around her. 

"You're fine now," he said. "You're not going to have to deal with them anymore.  But, yeah, taking some time off for yourself is a very good idea right now.  You could use a little time to unwind.  As for your mother, I think we'll get along just fine her.  Trust me, I'm used to people asking a lot of questions. I'll try to look a little more trustworthy and a lot less like a werewolf hunter before I go.  " 


Angus knew that his grandfather usually got along swimmingly with older women because he had the ability to be very polished and suave when he needed to be. He didn't foresee any problems, really.


"Now, get this off your mind," he told her. "I have something to show you," he said.  Something for you to think about." He took off the black leather coat and hat, feeling he didn't need it now, and rolled up the sleeves of his black shirt. Then he reached for her hand. "Let's go for a walk."

"Yeah with everything that has happened unwinding would be best." Bella said and laughed when he said he'd look less like a werewolf hunter. "Well that would help. Oh and you'll have to deal with her body guards they are good guys but I think they honestly have no funny bone in them." She tried to remember the name of the leader and came up blank. "The guy you'll have to talk to first is their leader. He kinda looks like a..uh..surfer? He'll allow you in and he stays in the room when visitors come to visit my mother."

"To show me? What do you mean?" She asked as he took off his coat and hat. She took his hand as her brow furrowed in confusion of his words. "Okay," She said wondering what he was going to show her. Her curiosity was burning as she waited for him to talk. She knew that she wouldn't get him to spill what it was that he wanted to show her. So she decided to just enjoy the walk they were going on.

"Your mother has bodyguards? Can I ask what for? Is there something I should know about what your mother thinks she needs protection from?" he asked, finding that not generally typical for the wizarding world. If he were going to get Rose, he felt he needed to know if there were going to be some reason to have all their eyes open.


"I'm not concerned they have no sense of humor. A good many don't. If their employer doesn't allow them to have much leeway to be anything but formal with them. And sometimes, they're just trained to be very formal."


He took her out the kitchen door, down a cobblestone path, through some flowering trees, to a log guest cabin.


"I know you're big on being independent," he said. "This cabin has been part of the property for a long time, but we rarely use it.  I like it because its just a few steps from the main house, so it would provide you and Rose all the safety of the main house, but the independence you like. Come take a look."


He unlocked the door and opened it. It was a cabin he had always liked because of the open floor plan, the large windows that filled the place with sunshine, the river rock fireplaces in almost every room, the kitchen with the cabinets stained red, and the bright colors that the whole place was decorated in.

"Its just a two bedroom, and there's a huge bath that is right in between the two bedrooms," he said. "There are french doors in the main living area that opens to the pool area, and the french doors in the master bedroom open to a small brick courtyard for privacy where you could have morning tea. The courtyard is pretty nice. Some trees, lots of flowers, and a fountain.


"Here's the thing. The guest houses do need to be lived in periodically so we're on top of the maintenance of them.  You'd be doing Brian a favor, really.  We could talk rent, but he's needing someone to live in it anyway.  You certainly wouldn't need to stay forever if you didn't want. But, it might give you a chance to catch your breath in between your place and Hogsmeade.  And, the other big plus for you and Rose is that you'd be safe.


"You're welcome to stay in the house as long as you want, but I know you won't want that forever. You don't have to accept this either, but, its at least an option for you."

Bella understood his questions about her mother's body guards. "She's overly paranoid about everything. She's had body guards for many years especially when I was still living there. "My father allows it because otherwise she'd start in on him not being home a lot. He works in a different city every week and doesn't get a lot of time off.

"Yeah true, when I was younger I tried my hardest to make one of them laugh. I got close several times and of course Rose tries to do the same." Bella said smiling remembering walking in one day to her making faces at one of the guards. "My mom tries to get them to loosen up as well but no such luck."

She looked at the cabin in front of her and smiled taking it in. When he opened the door to the cabin and she stepped inside. She took the colors and smiled more as she looked at everything. "It's beautiful Angus." She said as she turned to look at him.

"It's amazing Angus, everything is really beautiful here." She walked around the living room looking at everything. "I think you had me at the private courtyard." She laughed as she looked around the living room more. Hearing everything that came with the little cottage. Then she thought of Rose and how she would love the room to run around. "Rose will love it, she'll have room enough to play outside and inside when the weather is bad."

She walked back to where Angus was standing and said, "It's perfect Angus. Thank you." She smiled as she stood there taking in everything. "This place is amazing. I know that we would be safe staying here, especially since your not far away." Turning to him she got up on her toes and kissed his cheek softly.

Angus listened to her talk about her mother's paranoia about safety and her need for bodyguards.  He began to get ideas about how to make her feel at ease. he knew if he didn't do that, she would never let go of Rose, but he definitely had ideas now.


"I thought you'd like it," he smiled. "It comes entirely furnished, so you don't really have to worry about much of anything.  And, if you turn in a grocery list to me, I'll add it in with the supplies for the house. You have no idea how much I have to buy anyway. Its just really the same as buying for a restaurant. Your little bit isn't going to impact us in the least, and I can get those things from the suppliers that already have access to the estate."


When she kissed him, he smiled, "Well, since I'm generally in the kitchen anyway, I'm probably never more than a few steps away."  He kissed her, this time slowly, wanting it to mean something. "Or closer," he said softly.

"Well you were right I do like it. The colors are bright and beautiful." Bella said grinning loving the place already. "Yeah I would like to keep Rose's bed though because she loves it. It was built by my father for her and it's something sentimental to Rose. It looks like a carriage that a princess would ride in." She remembered her dad building while Rose was visiting her mom and having tea. "You don't have to do that Angus, I can see if I find a way to get the things from my list." She didn't know how she would do that but she was hoping that she could. She didn't want them to have to do another thing for her after doing so much already.

"It will definitely be more convenient should something ever happen." She said then lost her words when he kissed her. Her hand came up and rested against the side of his neck. She sighed barely hearing his next words. "How much closer?" She asked softly wondering how much closer he was talking about.

Before he answered with words, he decided he wanted to make his answer very clear. He kissed her deeply this time, passionately, leaving no room for miscommunication or distance any longer.


"That," he said very softly, taking his time now to kiss her repeatedly, working his way behind her ear and down her neck, "depends. How much closer do you want me to be?"


He was going to leave this entirely up to her. He had decided, though, when he had seen the Grundge brothers, and had seen for himself the risk they were taking to invade her privacy, and he'd felt the outrage in himself, the desire to protect her from them at any cost, that meant he wasn't willing to not take chances.


He had realized he didn't want anyone touching her--anyone but him. He'd changed his mind about Hogsmeade. He didn't want her there. He wanted her closer. Hell, he wanted to be closer. If it had been his choice entirely, he'd simply shut the door on the cabin and let nature take its course.

Bella wrapped his arms around his neck her hands pushing into his hair. She kissed him back with as much passion as him. She interpreted his answer as she sighed into the kiss. Her heart was pounding but she didn't want the kiss to end.

She gasped when he began trailing kisses from her ear to her neck. She moved her neck to the side to allow him better access. Her hand sliding into his hair gripping it slightly in her fist. She tried to work her brain to answer his question. She felt like he fried her brain cells as she finally found her voice. "I want you as close as I can get you." She said looking at him honestly. She walked over to the door shutting it then walking back over to him.

She took his hands and wrapped them around her waist as she wrapped her around his neck. She kissed him deeply and passionately then she nibbled on his lower lip softly. "I don't want to be any farther from you than I am right now." She said looking at him wondering what he would say to that. Her stomach was full of butterflies and her heart was hammering in her chest.

He didn't exactly know what was happening to them emotionally, but he had no intentions of putting a stop to it. It didn't bother him a bit when she locked the cabin door and returned to him, returning his affection.


He reached up, took the purple comb from her hair, and tossed the comb aside, picking up where they left off.  He was content to kiss her and to taste her skin, but he wanted to feel her hair slide through his fingers.

He didn't want to rush one movement, one touch. He was content to slowly wander anywhere she wanted, anything she wanted, everything she wanted. Eventually, he started to feel the fabric as a nuisance. Purple fabric keeping him separate from her, blocking his touch, blocking him from kissing. 


In between the feathery kisses, he whispered very softly in her ear. "There's a purple maxi dress in our way."

Bella felt her comb leave her hair but her hair was still bound up. She grabbed the clip that held her hair in a french twist and pulled it out letting her hair fall down. She felt content and happy as they took it slow but, she wanted to run her hands across his chest. It was the one thing she had been wanting to do since Tuscany. "Take your shirt off please," She whispered against his lips. She ran her lips across his slowly and teasingly smiling softly.

She grinned when he said that her dress was in the way. "Yes I believe it is." She said as she slipped the straps off her shoulder letting her dress fall then she gathered her voice. "Take me to bed Angus." She kissed his neck softly before nibbling softly on his ear. She wanted nothing more than to explore everything with him. She wanted everything he was willing to give her and she was willing to give him everything she could.