Room 203, Monday, Early Afternoon

[kitchen_maid]

Mondays, in the schedule Amy has drawn up for herself, are for dusting, sweeping, and having a general tidy of her room. But as days of the week don't have a whole lot of meaning here, and as those chores never seem to take very long, she won't feel the least built guilty about leaving it till Tuesday, should something more interesting present itself.

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[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"Any part, really," he says, cheerfully, "as I've yet to think of a really good solution."

[kitchen_maid]

"Well, so long as it doesn't involve lemon cakes, I think you'd probably be able to talk me into it, once you come up with the solution," she says, every bit as cheerfully.

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"No lemon cakes," he promises, and reaches for her hand to loosely twine their fingers.

[kitchen_maid]

"Of course," she says, "'no lemon cakes' isn't really much of a basis for a solution."

Amy is perfectly content to have her fingers twined, really.

She's also not especially concerned with lemon cakes at the moment.

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"I wonder what else we could use, then," he muses.

"It's possible she won't give up until it's clear that my affections are already given to someone else. If that."

[kitchen_maid]

"Quite possible," agrees Amy. "I quess the question then becomes, are they?"

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"I should think that would be fairly obvious," Perry says, with a frank, steady gaze and a small smile, looking at Amy.

[kitchen_maid]

"Well, maybe," she says. "But 'fairly obvious' is not the same thing as accurate. Especially at the end of the Universe."

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"How about this, then? Dearest of Amys, I already care for you a hundred times more than any silly, stuffy Persephone."

He smiles at her.

"Is that more accurate?"

[kitchen_maid]

"Much more," she says, and smiles back at him.

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"Excellent," he says, and seems to pause for a moment, before sitting slightly back.

"That's very good to hear."

[kitchen_maid]

"Good," she says.

A moment, and then she adds, "Perry, may I ask you a question?"

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"Of course," he says, turning away to look out over the snowy ground with a smile.

"What's on your mind?"

[kitchen_maid]

"Well," she says, "it's probably more a point of information, than an actual question. I just wondered if you were planning to kiss me again any time soon. I'd sort of like to avoid being startled next time, if you are."

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

It's a moment before he answers, picking up a twig and twisting it around in his hands.

"Well," he says, finally, "I admit I was thinking about it, just now, but I can certainly refrain, if you'd rather."

[kitchen_maid]

"Hmmmm," says Amy, considering this.

"No, I think just now is a lovely time, really."

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"Really?"

He turns to look at her with a smile.

"Well, good. Because I would very much like to kiss you again, and I didn't have mistletoe as an excuse."

So saying, he leans over, and kisses her lightly.

[kitchen_maid]

And as Amy is not startled this time, she kisses him back, bringing one hand up to touch his cheek.

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

It's a very nice kiss, all told, and Perry is sitting rather closer by the time it's finished.

"There," he says, looking a little dazed.

"That wasn't so bad, was it?"

[kitchen_maid]

Amy would go so far as to say it was a lovely kiss.

"You," she says, smiling at him, "would seem to have a gift for understatement, Perry."

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"Well, I do try, you know," he says with a grin, and sits a little closer.

What? It's cold outside.

"I'm awfully glad you don't mind."

[kitchen_maid]

"I might have minded if you hadn't," says Amy, resting her head on his shoulder.

Quite cold outside.

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's a good thing that I did, then," he agrees, putting an arm around her waist.

"I supposed I could have tried the dragon route, but that would have taken rather a longer time."

[kitchen_maid]

That smile wrinkles up her nose.

"I don't think the dragon route would suit you, really. And I'm quite certain it wouldn't have suited me. So this is much better."

[man-of-all-work.livejournal.com]

"There aren't any dragons in Ambergeldar, anyway," he says, cheerfully. "None that I know of. Besides, I thought the mistletoe was a nice touch."