A Terrifying Surprise (Levi/Gabby/Angel)

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Levi sat next to Raychel and allowed her to lay her head on his shoulder. He did not know what to say, so he simply flicked his wand at the door and it bolted. He had made sure when asking the request for the room to include that no one would be able to go into the room until after they had left. "If there's anything I can do, let me know, okay?" said Levi.

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Raychel nodded. She allowed the tears that had been being held back to flow freely.She curled up her feet, moving close to Levi. She grasped his hands and began once more to massage his hands. She didn't know what else to do. Raychel said nothing, her eyes fluttering closed.

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Levi stayed still, not saying anything, just sitting there. He would do this for as long as it would take for Raychel to feel better. He would nick food from the kitchens if he had to. That was the one thing that was impossible, the Room of Requirement could not make anything edible just appear. It was one of the few laws of magic. Levi too felt himself dozing after a while.

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Raychel awoke to find Levi asleep as well. She smiled sleepily until she realized what position they lay in. His arms were wrapped around her, her hands laying on his chest. Her head lay a top her hands. She blushed a bit and adjusted herself to a less awkward position without waking him. Suddenly, she felt grimy. Her face was smeared with what little makeup she had on before the terrible news. She untangled herself from his arms and headed to the bathroom. Slowly, she turned on the shower and began to soak herself in various soaps. The hot water cleared her clouded mind long enough to think.

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Levi, being the extremely heavy sleeper that he was, did not even flinch when Raychel moved, but subconsciously he stretched out once she had gotten off the couch, taking up most of the available space. His breathing was slow and steady, but he did not snore. Levi's slumber was quite dreamless, unusual for him, as he often had the wildest of dreams, but not today.

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Raychel switched off the shower. One thing she adored about the Room of Requirement was that the water never got cold... Unless you wanted it to. She stepped daintly out of the shower, feeling for a towel. Her hand met a soft towel, and a deep blue robe with the Ravenclaw crest on it. She smiled as she slipped her arms into it. She quickly combed out her long black-brown hair.

Raychel stepped out of the bathroom to see Levi stretched out on the loveseat. She laughed, stifling it with her hand. She sat opposite him on the large sofa. The hot water had cleared her mind, allowing her to see the situation in a new light. Raychel sat twisting her hair, watching Levi slumber.

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Finally getting the feeling that someone was watching him, Levi stirred from his deep sleep, to see Raychel sitting on the sofa across from the one he had sprawled out upon, her hair wet and wearing nothing but a royal blue bathrobe. He sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, feeling warm and pleasantly drowsy, he would have loved nothing more than to return to his slumbers, but remembered that Raychel needed him. "Are you hungry?" Levi asked her sleepily.

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Raychel smiled when he spoke. She stood up and winked at Levi. "I'm fully capable of feeding myself." She laughed. She strode over the the small kitchen in a joking fashion. She opened the cupboards, knowing fully that there would be no food there. She wondered why the Room of Requirements had even put a kitchen inside this paradise.

Raychel turned towards Levi with a mock look of surprise on her face. "Well, it seems that there is nothing." She giggled then returned to sitting across from Levi. "Anyway, no. I'm fine food-wise." She replied with a smile.

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"All right, then," said Levi. "When you are, I'll go get something from the kitchens." He really wanted some cold water to wake himself up, and as if on cue a basin appeared in front of his feet. Levi splashed the water onto his face, and then a towel popped into his outreached hand. He dried himself off, and then the basin and the towel vanished. Levi leaned back on the love seat, leaving enough room for Raychel if she decided to sit next to him.

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Raychel climbed back over onto the love seat next to Levi. She settled in beside him happily. She leaned against him, quickly sweeping her wet hair to the other side of her body. She would feel bad if she got him wet now that the towel was gone. Then she mentally slapped herself. The towel could just appear again if needed. She pulled her feet up, curling her legs to the side. Absentmindedly, she grasped Levi's hand and began playing with his fingers. It was the only thing she could think of doing.

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Levi placed his arm around Raychel, it just felt like the right thing to do, at least in his mind it did. He remained quiet, figuring that she would not want to have conversation just then. If she did, Levi would allow her to start it. He frowned a bit in thought. His mind was the only place where he felt he could just simply... Be. It was his place to escape from everyone and everything else. Levi looked down at Raychel, it was obvious that she was hurting, but he did not know how to help her, and that frustrated him.

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Raychel snuggled as close as she could to Levi. She had an empty hole inside of her now, and she wasn't about to let it take over. Levi was doing everything to help her, and more. She started humming a little lullaby her parents used to sing to her. The memory caused tears to sting her eyed, but she held them backM

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A blanket appeared from nowhere, and Levi threw it over Raychel and himself, keeping her close. He was a socially awkward person, but very caring, he saw to it that the people he liked were taken care of. Levi considered himself to be relatively protective as well. Levi began softly singing an elven song, he had learned the language because many works of runes translated directly to elven before then having to be converted to English. As usual, the elven words, no matter by which tongue they were spoken, sounded perfect, flawlessly beautiful.

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Raychel stopped humming, and stopping her tears altogether. She listened to Levi until the song was complete. Impulsively, she lifted his hand to her lips. She planted a small kiss on the back of his hand and smiled. She leaned her head against his shoulder. "That was lovely." she replied softly. The elven language was a perfect one, and every word, even if pronounced wrong, sounded flawless. She released his hand hesitantly, and the tears began to flow. This time, she had no reason for it. She supposed it was because they had been bottled up inside of her for a long while that day. Nothing seemed to bring them on. "I'm sorry." she apologized, wiping her wet cheeks with the back of her hand.

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Levi felt his cheeks burn after Raychel kissed his hand, and then felt his insides squirm uncomfortably as she began to cry again. He held her close in his arms, rather than pushing her away. He began to talk, and then realized he was using elven. He felt rather stupid, and then forced his tongue to switch to English. "No, don't apologize, you have done nothing wrong," Levi insisted. "You're more at liberty to cry than anyone else."