NOVEL NEXT Chapter 51: [50]
I wrap my arms around Garmr and pull him into a hug… "You were the best decision I ever made…" I whisper to Garmr as I press my face into the scruff of his neck.
I laugh in my head at myself, 'If Garmr had a better understanding of human language…I'm sure he would have shown me this before…all he really understood is that his Mommy was gone and now he could spend all his time with Papa which he was and is happy about…I'm happy I get to spend all my time with you too Gar…' I express my thoughts and feelings in my head as the realization that everyone but Garmr…Freya…and maybe Jack…have betrayed me…in some way shape or form.
A flash of Izzy's face enters my head at the thoughts of all those who haven't betrayed me along with Clary's and part of me wants to make sure that they never can…but that same part of me that found an abandoned and starving wolf pup recoiled at that…
"So Gar…do I give them a chance or do I go through life with just you and treat humans as food and tension releases…?" I ask Garmr who lets out a high pitched whimper and bumps his hard skull against mine, and shows me an image of me holding Izzy with a genuine smile on my face…in shredded clothes and covered with dust.
I laugh loudly at that, "Little smart ass!" I playfully call Garmr and it starts a wrestling match with play biting and pawing…and we take out a wall in our playfulness.
Garmr and I look up from the low heeled black shoes to see brown calves and see June standing there with an exasperated but smiling expression on her face while Neal Caffery stands behind her with his mouth left gaping open.
"Boys…you better clean up this mess and fix that wall…" June says in a quiet voice, making me laugh softly.
"I'll get someone on it right away June…sorry about the mess..you must be Neal…it's nice to meet you man, I think I read about you in the papers you're an exceptionally skilled forger and art thief right?" I apologize to June and greet Neal who is looking at Garmr with fear in his eyes.
"This is Garmr, he's a big fuzzy baby." I joke and Garmr steps onto my chest with his big paws and releases a victorious howl.
"Hey you didn't win, June interrupted us you little cheater!" I express in mock anger before smiling at the excited way Gar's tail waves back and forth like a Labrador's.
"Fine, fine, but next time I won't take it easy on you, you big lug." I joke as I push Garmr off of my chest and stand up…taking the opportunity to stretch.
"Haa, don't you have a date tonight Vidar? You're all dusty now…stay here while I go get the little vacuum…boys…always playing around." June sighs as she starts to fix my collar and tries to brush away some dust but she tells me she's going to get a vacuum and walks off leaving Neal, Garmr and I alone.
Neal recovers in June's absence, "Hi, I'm Neal it's nice to meet you…and I'm a reformed art thief." Neal replies to my earlier greeting with..an admittedly charming smile.
"Nice to meet your Neal…my name is Vidar, and this is Garmr…he might look big and scary but he's anything but…" I return Neal's greeting and shake his hand…his hands are as soft as a nobel woman's.
"Haa-haha, uhh nice to meet you Garmr…is that from Norse mythology?" Neal laughs and shyly pets Garmr the big fuzzball gets his head underneath Neal's left hand.
June returns and starts vacuuming me clean and fixing my hair while humming, "What do you think Neal, is he presentable to a young woman of New York?" June asks the man who has slowly become a lot more comfortable with Gar.
"I think he…looks very presentable June." Neal replies while looking me over with a critical eyes and then unbuttoning a couple buttons on the dress shirt June had buttoned up during her tlc.
Neal's eyes widen and the traces of scars now revealed by the unbuttoning of those buttons.
"Umm…" Neal hums but leaves them unbuttoned, "Hmm, yes I think he's going to impress the woman he's meeting tonight." Neal says.
'I feel a little…weird right now having a straight guy adjust my clothes…and not in some confused bullshit way but in I want to snap Neal's neck but I also wanna have some fun and be a part of the whole crime solving gang…and maybe break Kate's back…after saving her from getting blown up…after all Alexandra Daddario…it's kinda funny that I remember that...fact but not others...'
"Thank you June..Neal, I better get going." I convey my gratitude to both and leave the manse and head towards the institute.
I stop dead in my tracks as I spot Izzy standing at the bottom steps of the institute, she's standing there with her long dark curls hanging freely down her back while her Leather bodice highlights her breasts, her mix of yoga pants with patches of leather sewed in combined with her knee high high heeled leather boots.
Izzy notices me just as I admire her longs legs, a demure smile lighting up her expression as she gives me a little twist showing off the way her stretchy, clinging pants show off her big, round firm ass and the thong that's sunk between her ass cheeks.
'By all that is right in the world and all that is wrong she looks absolutely heart stoppingly beautiful…but it doesn't really seem functional for a fight.' I say in my head.
I almost trip over my own foot as I start walking towards her again, "Hey, you look beautiful, Izzy." I greet Izzy with an honest and what probably looks like a goofy smile on my face.
"You look very nice too Vidar...who dressed you?" Izzy replies to me in playful teasing, and I step right up into her personal space wrap my right arm around her hips and pull her closer to me, while I cup her cheek with my left hand, I can feel Izzy's temperature rising from the skin to skin contact...he skin starts to flush and her heartbeat increases in tempo.
"I had a few people's help... your modern times...is one of the most fashionably difficult to adapt to...I even had some models and stylists help me as I wanted to at least look good enough to be your date." I joke lightly as I place a kiss against Izzy's cheek and then open a portal to the island base of Valentine but his protective wards make the portal open up outside of the boundary making Izzy and I step out into a forested area.