One Night Out (Cormia, Phury)

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

One last night out. Sure this trip started out rough and he might have left to return home with the others but he wanted some alone time as well as enjoyable time with his family. The Brotherhood wasn't able to take vacations much and he had sent Wrath and Tohrment the reports of the doings when they first had arrived.

Dusk had hit around an hour ago and since being, they still had the whole top floor of the original hotel he had booked, his shellan and son as well as himself have enjoyed it fully.

Coming out of the bathroom, he dressed in his finest threads. A deep blue Armani button up with a black pair of slacks, he stopped in front of his pacing shellan, wrapping his hands around her waist and laying his head against the crook of her neck from behind.

"Leelan mine, I have made dinner plans for us at Arnaud's Restaurant. You prepare yourself for a lovely night out on the town and I will take care of Aggie."

Lifting his head from her, he leaned her back in his arms and kissed her deep.

[Cormia Aghony]

She smiled as she felt his arms around her. "I would like that....." she managed to say before his lips landed on hers; she shivered when she felt his hands travel up and down her sides, giving light squeezes when they hit her hips. She pulled away softly and turned in his arms so she could look up at him. "Who will watch Aggie? Or is he coming with us?"

It had been crazy since they had gotten to NOLA, so it would be nice to have a bit of time to relax and enjoy the city before they went back home. She looked down at her light blue dress and then looked back to him. "Is this suitable for dinner?"

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

"Absolutely, you look devine. And of course, he will come with us, dinner is not the only enjoyment we will have this evening."

Taking her by the hand, he lifted her knuckles to his lips then spun her around once as he released his hold on her dainty fingers.

Smiling over to her, he smoothed down his shirt and slid across the room in one fluid motion to gather their son and get him dressed.

[Cormia Aghony]

She laughed as she watched her hellren take off with Aggie. "Make sure you brush his hair! It's like yours and gets unruly if not treated properly!"

She heard her hellren laugh, and Aggie laugh as well, as they went into the other room so he could get dressed. She sat at the vanity and ran a brush through her hair, humming softly to herself and smiling.

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

Roaring out in laughter. His hair was not unruly. Running a hand up through his multicolored locks, he grinned. Okay Okay maybe it could get that way. Peering down at Aggie following suit of his movements, he ruffled his hair.

"She was talking to you, ya know."

With a giggle, Aggie smoothed both his hands back across the strands of his hair like he was showing off his best moves and style. Shaking his head, he walked across the room and grabbed his hair brush, turning back around and holding his hand out to his son.

"Alright Casanova, lets see you brush that out while I get your clothes."

Rumaging through his clothes Mia had packed for him, he found a black pair of jeans and a light blue collared short sleeve shirt for him to wear. Searching around the room for a moment, he finally found his little black boots stuffed behind the television. Not even asking about that one he thought.

Walking back over to Aggie, he picked him up and sat him in his lap as he wiggled about. Yes Cormia was much better than he at getting him dressed. After what seemed forever, he sat him back down on the floor and placed his hands on his shoulders and spun him around. "Nice job on the hair do son."

Laughing, he slid his fingers through Aggies hair and smoothed down the miselaneous stands sticking up everywhere. Standing they walked back into his and Mia's room and he cleared his throat.

"Ready and hair is brushed and all strands are accounted for."

[Cormia Aghony]

She finished her hair and looked into the mirror to finish up adding a tiny bit of makeup to her face before turning on the chair and looking towards the door. Aggie was running through the door towards her with a huge smile on his face. "Mahmen!! I brush my hairrrrr!"

She grinned and ran her fingers through his hair to get out the slight bit of tangle at the ends before picking him up and putting a kiss on his forehead. "You did very well, darling. You look amazing. Thank the Virgin Scribe that your papa has good taste in clothing." She winked at her hellren before sitting the little boy down and going to grab Phury's hand. "Are you ready?"

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

"Ready and waiting"

Holding her hand, they made their way out into the hallway. Aggie a rush of hyper toddling full speed ahead of them and then bouncing up and down as he stopped at the elevator door and leaned up on his heels to press the down button.

"Looks as if someone is excited."

Surely the doors opened just as they stepped up to him and they went in and went down to the lobby. On exit, they walked across the old mosiac tiled foyer of the hotel and out the front doors into the heated Nola night air. No car for the night, they would walk and enjoy the sights and sounds.

"So, if I haven't said before, you look ravishing tonight leelan."

[Cormia Aghony]

She blushed softly and bowed her head a bit, her hair falling over her shoulders and hiding her face. "Thank you, hellren. You look amazing yourself." Aggie was running a tiny bit ahead of them and she fought the urge to keep him from running off too far ahead; she knew Phury would allow no harm to come to him.

The night air felt amazing against her skin, the scents on the air totally different than back home. It was a mixture of spicy food, alcohol and the scent of all the humans milling about. She looked up at Phury to smile again before looking back ahead of her at the little boy running around in circles. "Aggie, do you like it here?"

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

Bounding through the streets, Aggie lit up the walkway with excitement. Turning around to look up at them "Yes mahmen, cans we stay longer?"

Chuckling at his response, he looked over at Mia then back at Aggie as they finally caught up to him. "Son, our family misses us greatly already. We can always take more trips."

Nodding his little head, he spun back around and started walking again, his hands shifting into his pockets for only a moment until his attention was taken to a street band playing. As they walked down the street, Mia and he talked although his attention was divided to keep track of Aggie.

Soon enough they made it to the restaurant. Holding the door open as Mia and Aggie walked in, he fell in line behind them and stopped to speak to the host. Within 20 seconds they were shown the way to their table.

[Cormia Aghony]

"Ooooooooo," she said softly as she linked her hands with Phury's. "This is beautiful."

Aggie was flirting outrageously with the host and she couldn't help but laugh when they brought him a piece of paper that had the outline of some sort of crustacean on it and some crayons. "What do you say, Aggie?" The little boy looked up at the hostess and smiled his adorable "toofy" smile, eyes wide and shining. "Tank you pwetty wady!" The lady grinned back at him and tussled his hair before turning to Mia. "Aggie. What an interesting name! How did you come about it?" She looked between Phury and the hostess before reaching for her glass of wine and nodding. "Darling, why don't you explain?" She grinned slightly; she still didn't quite know how to go about things on this side. The humans didn't know about their kind and they had to keep it a secret.

She sat her glass down and leaned over to watch Aggie color on the paper, big blue and green swirls all over it. "Beautiful. Just beautiful."

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

Tilting his head back and too the side to acknowledge the hostess.

"It is a family name. One passed down amongst generations."

Good enough, no more descriptive detailing on that was needed. Nodding his head towards her, he leaned back in his chair and grabbed his glass and took a drink. As Aggie went to town on coloring, he gave a wink over to Mia "Sometimes, saying nothing much at all is saying the most possible."

Sliding one of the menus over in front of Cormia, he opened it for her then took and opened his own. With a wide variety of food here, he would easily find something other than seafood.

Taking a few moments to look over the items available, he looked up just as the waitress headed their way. "Have you decided?"

[Cormia Aghony]

Her eyes widened as she looked over the menu; there was seafood, beef, chicken, pork, tofu..... She looked at Phury, "Um. I.... I don't know what any of this is."

She felt a moments apprehension; she didn't know what any of it was, meaning she didn't know the color.... To many it sounded dumb, but to her it was a big deal to eat something so different. "I......" She looked back at the menu and to the ever patient hostess. "Um. The gumbo? Is..... is it good?" She had heard many good things about it while they had been here, so decided to try it. The hostess nodded and took their menus before ruffling Aggie's hair and heading back towards the kitchens.

She turned to Phury. "You always tell me to try to something new, right?"

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

"I did, besides I wouldn't let you eat anything that wasn't safe."

He was proud of her for venturing out to new things. Even after all this time, he knew it was hard for her sometimes. Reaching over to take her hand in his, he smiled, his fangs had punched through and now showed but thank the Scribe Virgin only to her.

"Aggie, son no messes tonight please" he spoke while still looking at his shellan.

[Cormia Aghony]

She smiled at him, her gaze never leaving his eyes. "Why do I feel so nervous over trying something new?" It was just food, right? Everyone at the mansion ate different things and never had an issue, but her? She just couldn't stomach things that were different.

She was still gripping his hand when the hostess brought over their food; it smelled amazing as it wafted towards her and she found that her mouth was watering. She grinned at him, making sure to keep her fangs from showing to the hostess as she put the food down in front of them. She refilled their wine glasses before leaving the table, seeming to notice that they wanted to be alone.

Aggie looked down at his plate and sniffed it before digging in; it was some sort of mac&cheese dish for him. Mia grinned at her hellren and motioned towards his plate. "You first, hellren. Please.... let me." She picked up his fork and speared a piece of steamed broccoli that was on his plate, blew on it and held it out to him.

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

His body tensed then relaxed then tensed and finally relaxed as he leaned forward and took the offered bite of food from her. Keeping his bonding scent from flaring. An impossibility. Though the smells floating through the restaurant would cover that.

Staying leaned over to Mia's side of the table, he reached under and grabbed the leg of her chair and scooted her over closer to him and whispered "Mine shellan."

Slowly taking his hands back up to the table, he reached over and tore off a small piece of the cornbread that accompanied her dish of gumbo and held it between his thumb and fore finger. Moving towards her slightly parted lips "Let me..."

[Phury Aghony Midnight]

~TBC~