Oh, Marcel!

I Miss His Stuttering

~Ember~

"Marcel!" He ignored me and flew out the back door. He let it swing open and I could see him out there looking for something on the table.

"What is he doing?" Harry asks and leans against the table. I shake my head and get up walking cautiously towards the open door. Harry doesn't follow me and I realize thats a good thing. Marcel is standing by the pine tree looking down at a rock. He rushes back in nearly knocking me over in the process. Marcel steadies me.

"Sorry, you okay?" Marcel asks, but seems concerned with something else.

"Yes." I say and then Harry cuts me off.

"What?" He asks Marcel. I look between the two twins, they look a lot alike today with their curly hair and bright green eyes. The only way I can tell them apart is that Marcel is taller since Harry is slouching because of his back. If he wasn't I guess I could tell from their voices, Harry's is deeper and Marcel's is a little more high pitched.

"There was...well you know about last night, that bird right?" He looks from Harry to me and then back to Harry who is nodding.

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Well I had put it outside last night so I could bury it properly this morning. I was going to do it after breakfast but then all that happened and now Jimmy is gone and if you didn't bury the bird, than he must have." Marcel says getting flustered as he paces back and forth.

"Okay..." Harry draws out. "What does that mean?"

"It means that the bird did not fly into the window on accident. And it also means that we can't trust Jimmy. Why would he just leave after burying a bird? There is something more to it." Marcel says and throws his hands up in the air. Watching him like this, makes me like him even more. He looks hot when he's angry...

"Well, you kinda hinted that you really didn't want him here, Marcel." I pipe up and Marcel stares at me. His eyes are harsh at first, but then they soften when they see me regret saying something.

"I didn't mean..." He scratches his head. I just nod at him and look away. Harry notices the exchange, but doesn't comment on it.

"Marcel, what do you want us to do? You take over, general." Harry salutes him and chuckles. I can't help but giggle at him trying to make the air a little lighter.

Marcel cracks a slight smile, but returns to being serious.

"We have to get out of here then. Jimmy knows we are here so he could tell Johnny." Marcel nods confirming it.

"Wait...if those two are still working together, why were they fighting when I found them?" Harry asks, clearly confused. Yet he isn't as confused as I am. I watch them go back and forth trying to explain why Jimmy would leave and what he might have to do with Johnny. After a while i'm not even paying attention as the twins keep talking. I lay down on the couch and kind of doze off.

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"Em...hey Ember." Someone says and gently shakes my shoulder. A kiss is placed on my temple. Marcel.

I open my eyes and there he is standing over me. He smiles when I look up.

"Are you ready to go? I've packed everything." He says as I sit up and rub my eyes.

"Yea." He surprises me with another kiss on the lips. When he pulls back, there's a shy smile on his lips.

"I can't help that you're so cute when you wake up."