enchanted
chapter 37, sleeping at isaiah's.

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"Where are they?" the voice boomed as Lilian opened the door.

"Who?" Lilian asked confused.

"Don't play games with me Lily, tell me where she is," he demanded and Rory and Evelyn's eyes widened as they looked at each other.

"What's my dad doing here? How did he know?" Rory whispered. Evelyn shrugged and they both held their ears up to the door in attempt to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"I don't know who you're talking about, John," Lilian denied still playing dumb.

John scanned the room and his lip's upturned slightly as he saw all the photos she had scattered around. "I'm having a really hard day and I need to know my eldest kids are safe," he told her as he picked up the same photo Rory had done moments prior. Lilian's lips turned into a smile knowing that the Shelby's had seen Evelyn as their own like they did with her but she hoped the girl didn't have the same fate as her.

"I wouldn't do anything to harm her or Evelyn. She is my daughter after all," Lilian told him.

"Why did I have to find out from Rory you were back?" John asked looking at her.

"Because Polly told me not to and you had moved on with Martha and then Esme and I didn't want to break up your family," she informed him as he looked at her with teary eyes.

"You were my family, Lily," he replied, a slight crack in his voice.

Lilian looked at John with a soft smile. "Did you find your son?" she asked.

He shook his head, "No not yet but we will soon."

"They're safe with me if you want to get back to Esme or they can go with you," she told him and he shouted the girl's in and they both emerged from the bedroom with sheepish smiles their faces.

"You have two choices; one, you come with me and sit in the betting den until we find Henry and Charlie or two, you stay here and walk back home tomorrow and hope we find the boys by the time you get home," he told them.

"I'm gunna go home my mum will want me home but thanks for offering," Evelyn replied and waited for Rory to reply.

"Can I go to the stables and then come home?" she asked her dad who reluctantly nodded.

"Take Evelyn home first then go see Dusty and come home, okay?"

"Okay," she agreed.

"I'm going to go back to Esme are you sure you're both going to be okay?" he asked double checking and they both nodded.

"We'll be fine," Rory replied.

After, bidding Lilian goodbye and walking Evelyn home Rory walked to the stables and sat with Dusty. The horse would only let Rory sit in her stable with her, she would let other people such as Curly, Charlie, Isaiah and Ada close but not as close as Rory. Ever since the day she got Dusty, Rory had kept her promise to look after her, besides she was the first pet she was and fell in love with her ever since she first saw her.

Once the horse had fallen asleep, Rory made her way home. She really didn't want to go because it was an awful atmosphere considering the circumstances but she still couldn't stand the waiting around. Rory had come to halt in-front of a door and when she looked up she noticed it wasn't her house, it was Isaiah's. She hesitantly knocked on the door. Isaiah jumped off the sofa in the hopes she'd come to see him and opened the door.

"Come in," he told her smiling softly at her and opened the door wide enough for her to walk inside. "You okay?" he asked as they sat in the living room.

"Yes and no" she replied watching him sit next to her.

He looked at her and asked, "What's happened besides Henry and Charlie being taken?"

"Well, I went to see Lily and my dad found out," she told him.

"Lilian?" he asked.

She nodded, "How did you-?"

"She visited you at the hospital and I was still awake," he told her and she nodded.

They fell into a comfortable silence as they watched the fire in-front of them. Well, Rory watched it and Isaiah watched her with a smile on his face.

"Rory?" he whispered to get her attention and she hummed.

"Yeah?" she whispered back turning her head to look at him.

"What would you do if I kissed you again?" he asked and she thought he was joking so she jokingly replied, "You'd have to kiss me to find out."

She thought he wasn't being serious so she was taken by surprise when he leaned down to capture her lips in a kiss, she hesitated for a millisecond before kissing him back. His hand cupped her cheek while his other hand entwined with hers.

They pulled away and Isaiah rested his forehead on hers as they looked at each other with smiles.

"Ring your dad and tell him your staying here tonight" he told her and she made her way over to the phone to ring the betting shop.

After telling her dad she was staying at Isaiah's, they walked up to Isaiah's room.

"You can sleep in one of my shirts if you want," he told her.

She nodded, "okay." He passed her one and she made her way to the bathroom to get changed. Isaiah had given her a shirt that would reach mid-thigh's and then she'd be under the covers anyway so she didn't find it a massive deal.

When she walked back into Isaiah's room he was already laid in his bed, she laid down next to him as they faced each other. He tucked a piece of hair that had fallen across her face behind her ear. Within minutes, Rory had fallen asleep and Isaiah had followed falling asleep with his arm around Rory's waist.