The Hyperion, Saturday Morning

[demonbelthazor]

As Bel began to wake up, he realized he was warm. Well, as a demon he was always warm, but when it was a vampire who was in your bed, they tended to leech the heat away. Not only was he warm, but there was more than one body in the bed with him. His memory was foggy enough that he couldn't remember exactly whom he'd slept with last night. Veronica? Lindsey? Tyler? All three? Not that he discriminated much about sharing his bed. Whoever it was, they must've left to feed and returned. Hence the warmth.

He opened his eyes, but it didn't register right away that there was a window in the room, and sunlight was streaming through the curtains. Instead he was staring at the woman curled against him. The other occupant of the bed was forgotten in his shock. It wasn't possible.

"Phoebe!" he said, pulling her into his arms as she made a sleepy noise of protest. She was alive. He didn't understand or care how, but she was alive.


[For the other occupants of the bed. Up early in case I sleep late. In case?]

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[demonbelthazor]

"What?" Bel said, not quite understanding how that was even possible. "That's crazy." But so was suddenly waking up with Phoebe years after her death.

[sensethevisions]

"Do you really think I would lie to you about something that painful for me?"

[demonbelthazor]

"Doesn't matter," Bel said. "I'm here now, you're here. That's all that matters."

[sensethevisions]

She nodded. "No Underworld, then? Because I will not go there."

She'd run from him if she had to.

[demonbelthazor]

For now, at least. "I'll figure something out," Bel said. "But we can't stay here." He didn't want Veronica to come back, or the blood whore.

[sensethevisions]

Yeah Veronica or Anders coming back would be very bad and for different reasons.

"I'm sure you can find someplace that we can be alone." Besides the Underworld.

[demonbelthazor]

"What is this place we're in right now?" Bel said. "You called it the Hyperion?"

[sensethevisions]

"Yeah, the Hyperion. Large hotel where we live and work out of."

[demonbelthazor]

"Are the rooms all occupied?" Bel asked. If they weren't, then he could hide Phoebe in another one of them in case her sister or Veronica came looking.

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe shook her head, silly girl. "Only about five or six of them are used."