To Give You Everything

“I must confess I thought I’d have the place to myself this early,”

“What can I say? I like an early morning walk in the autumn as cliché as that may make me out to be.”

"Ah," Rupert paused on coming back out of the pub into it's garden and finding his table taken. "I appear to have made a mistake in going to get another drink," he commented to the person sat at the table he'd stopped next to. "Do I bother going to retrieve my have eaten packet of crisps do you think?"

"Beat you to the punch with that actually," Charlotte admitted, nodding to the packet of crisps that she'd gone over to retrieve upon seeing the table get taken up. "Figured you might still want them."

“I didn’t say no, did I?”

"No," a slight smile tugged at the corner of his lips, "I suppose you didn't," he added,

“The real question is… was that offer serious?”

“I didn’t say no, did I?”

"Good, because I am in desperate need of a girls night out,"

“Me too. My brothers have been achingly testosterone-filled lately,” she joked. “And that means you can tell me all about the fae you were eyeing up at the party the other night.”

“I didn’t say no, did I?”

"I should hope not, you're way too gorgeous for that,"

“And you are too kind, as usual. I could hardly resist the offer.”

“I didn’t say no, did I?”

“Well… the temptation is real. But I don’t know how many more of Magnus’ feathers I should ruffle. I’m already on the couch.”

“I’m not saying I recommend it either. But it is a big gamble where Magnus is concerned. He’d probably make you move out to the swamp with Thaddeus for any more property damage.”

“I didn’t say no, did I?”

Dante purred softly, leaning in just close enough to brush his nose over hers. “Didn’t your Daddy ever teach you to not trust strange vampires? I could simply drain you dry and leave you in a gutter somewhere.”

Charlotte didn’t move back at all, but didn’t really move forward either. The action and words from the vampire did little more than make her blink. “My dad allowed me to make my own judgements towards all those things that go bump in the night,” she replied plainly. “That being said, I’d recommend refraining from attempting that.”

“I didn’t say no, did I?”

“Well… you certainly should have.”

“But I do know him. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone in Chicago who doesn’t know Magnus Bane.”