De Die In Diem: From Day To Day

A Rainy Day At Adriana's

It was a cold and rainy November day and Lucius had come to spend some quality time at Adriana's house. She was glad to see him but at the same time had been upset that her plans for Lucius' next challenge had to be postponed due to the inclement weather. She had planned on giving him driving lessons in Flynn, but wasn't about to take the car out in the rain. She also came to rue the day she had told Lucius about the concept of strip poker. Now all he wanted to do was to play games. Which is what they spent the day doing instead of driving. Strip checkers, strip chess, strip old maid, strip Parcheesi, Adriana had literally beaten the pants off Lucius at all of those games over the past few weeks, but this day was different. Today it was strip Monopoly, and for the first time in their relationship, Lucius was better than Adriana at something.

Adriana had liked playing the strip games, for after each game, she got to watch Lucius take off an article of clothing. He had a beautiful body, and she enjoyed looking at it. They always stopped when he only had his underwear left, she wanted to leave him with some dignity. He didn't mind that much, he found it quite a turn on to know that Adriana was looking at him. The pattern was set for the games: they played, and then Lucius stripped. So it came as a huge surprise to Adriana the first time they counted the money at the end of their first game of Monopoly and found that Lucius had three times more than her. She sputtered and silently thought to herself, He must have cheated, it's the only way he could have won! as she took off her shoes.

Lucius sat back and thoroughly enjoyed watching Adriana take off her shoes. It was such a symbolic moment for him. He loved seeing her under his control for once. Lucius the Triumphant, it was a great feeling.

After the first game, it was evident that it would take far too long to play the right amount of games, for one or the other to lose all their clothes, so they modified the rules. After each hour that passed, they'd count their money. Whoever had the least would take off some clothes. As the rounds passed and Adriana kept losing, she seemed to find more and more small pieces of clothes to take off. Lucius wondered if she was conjuring them up somehow. Frustrated, he suggested that he get to not only choose which article of clothing to take off, but also take it off himself. Adriana wasn't too keen on that idea.

They stopped for lunch after several hours. Adriana had already lost her shoes, socks, and skirt, and was cooking in her slip and jumper. She made Lucius help cook. With a few instructions, he prepared two very delicious grilled cheese sandwiches to accompany the tomato soup Adriana made. The two talked about nothing important while they ate, enjoying their time together.

Adriana made Lucius wash the dishes since she was losing at Monopoly. While he stood at the sink, she took the towel, wound it up, and snapped his backside with the end of it. Lucius yelped and turned around quickly, glaring at Adriana. She grinned and struck a defensive pose as he looked ready to lunge at her. Walking backwards a few steps and giggling, she turned around and ran into the living room as Lucius ran after her. Quickly catching up to her, he swept her up in his arms and tossed her gently onto the couch. Leaning down over her, he pressed his lips to hers, and ran his hands through her hair, caressing her chin and throat. Adriana reached up to his shoulders and pulled him down on top of her. Lucius ran his hands over her body, but found that they couldn't move any further down than her waist, Adriana seemed to be controlling where his hands could and could not go. This greatly disappointed him, for the upper half of her body was enveloped in an oversized jumper that was nearly impossible to have any fun with.

He had finally gotten his hands under the jumper and was running them over the top of her slip, when Adriana's lips broke away from his. "Let's get back to the game, shall we?"

Lucius looked hungrily at her, and nodded his head. As one, they rose and walked back to the game. Adriana tried with all her might to beat Lucius, but was once again unsuccessful. She had put up a good fight though, and the game had lasted several hours. The sky was dark by the time she had lost the game. Slowly, Adriana took her jumper off. Lucius' heart pounded as he saw her sitting across from him, in little more than just her slip. She shivered as she allowed the cool air of the room to hit her warm skin. Lucius felt lightheaded as he saw the light catch her slip at just the right angle, revealing to him more than he'd been anticipating. Monopoly was the best game in the world!

Adriana suggested that they order pizza for dinner. Lucius had never had pizza before and let her choose the toppings. "I don't know what's good on a pizza. How about onions? I like those," He said.

"No!" She replied abruptly. "I hate onions, I can't stand them!"

Lucius was taken aback at the violent aversion she seemed to have towards such an innocent vegetable. "Why not? They're good."

"I just don't like them. That's all," Adriana seemed defensive for some reason.

Lucius dropped the subject and she ordered a sausage and pepperoni pizza. Since the village was a half an hour away, there would be a wait for the delivery of dinner. There wasn't enough time for a new game, so they sat on the couch and talked. Adriana leaned back against Lucius's stomach, and he held her in his arms, running his gloved fingertips over her skin. They talked about the Christmas holiday that was fast approaching and what they wanted to get each other.

Lucius loved the feel of Adriana as she leaned against him. They seemed to fit together perfectly, like two puzzle pieces. She smelled of vanilla, like always, and it still drove him wild. He loved the curves of her body, the softness of her skin. He loved everything about her.

As he ran his fingers over the silk slip covering her stomach, she laughed. He had forgotten how ticklish she was. He tickled Adriana and she squirmed in his arms, laughing. She tickled back, but Lucius wasn't as ticklish as she was, yet he laughed anyway. They were interrupted by the sound of the doorbell. Startled, they stopped in mid-tickle and looked in one another's eyes. Slowly, Adriana slid out of Lucius's grasp and onto the floor. Standing up in front of him and catching her breath, she began to walk towards the door, stopping at the writing desk to find some money. "You're not going to answer the door in your slip are you?" Lucius asked, his expression going from mirthful to concerned in a split second.

Adriana grinned at him, then walked to the door and opened it. The delivery boy, who could be no older than 16 years of age, stared at Adriana's chest. He handed the pizza to Adriana and remained staring, open-mouthed at her. Out of nowhere, Lucius appeared behind Adriana and put a blanket over her, took the money out of her hand, shoved it at the delivery boy and slammed the door in his face.

Adriana turned around and looked disapprovingly at Lucius. "You didn't have to behave like that you know, he's just a child."

"Didn't you see the way he was ogling you? He's lucky he got off so easily," Lucius replied.

Shaking her head, Adriana took the pizza into the kitchen and placed it on the counter. Lucius followed behind her and found a couple of plates and some silverware. They each took a couple of pieces of pizza before sitting down to eat.

Adriana watched as Lucius carefully cut his slice of pizza into bite-sized pieces and ate them with a fork and knife. She sighed and picked up her piece with her hand and started eating it. Lucius looked at her with horror. Adriana smiled and said, "Normal people eat pizza with their hands, that's the way it's done."

Lucius continued to stare at her as she ate with her bare hands. He did note that the pizza was quite delicious, albeit very messy. Disgust crossed his face as the melting mozzarella dripped down Adriana's chin with every bite she took. The meat was very greasy and the oil started to run down her hand as well. A thin trail of orange grease had made its way down past her wrist before she took any notice of it. Moving her arm to her face, she licked the grease off and went back to eating. Lucius was mortified. How could such beautiful girl stand to eat that way? It was awful! He made a mental note never to let her eat pizza in public, ever. Lucius did the dishes while Adriana put the leftover pizza away when they had finished eating. He breathed a sigh of relief as he watched her wash her hands with soap and water.

Adriana vetoed another game of Monopoly, claiming she wasn't about to take off any more clothes for him, so they sat back down on the couch together. Adriana told him all about working on the farm. She did a lot of the work on her own, but did have hired help for the extra jobs that she couldn't do. She told him how she had strained her back a few days before, hauling a barrel of cider from the barn to the cellar. Lucius frowned at the thought of Adriana doing such strenuous work and asked if she was still in pain, concern in his voice. She nodded her head, but told him it wasn't too bad anymore.

Lucius made Adriana lie down on the couch while he knelt down on the floor. Leaning over her, he gently massaged her back. He slid his fingers under the straps of her slip and slid them down, freeing her back from any clothing. Adriana, with her head lying on her arms, closed her eyes and enjoyed Lucius touching her. Inch by inch, he ran his hands over her body, loosening the knots in her back. At one point, he reached a particularly sore spot that made her gasp and cry out in pain. Cringing, he stopped. He hated the thought of causing her pain. He never wanted her to hurt if he could help it. Lucius bent his face down to her back and softly kissed the spot that had hurt her, before resuming his work.

Adriana loved the way Lucius touched her. His hands were strong, yet soft at the same time. She thought about him while he massaged her back. She loved that he was jealous over her, even though it was juvenile, she found it amusing. She loved that he spent so much time with her; she couldn't imagine her life without him now. She found him very entertaining. He tried to come across as a powerful wizard, yet she knew that he ruled by the idea of power as opposed to the actuality of power, and she thought it was adorable.

Adriana slowly sat up, holding the slip to her body while she put the straps back on. Lucius still knelt before her on the floor, and they silently looked in one another's eyes. Not touching, not speaking, only the sound of their breathing filled the silence. They were wholly enchanted with one another and slowly bent their heads together to share one final kiss.

Lucius stood up to leave, but walked back to the Monopoly game to take something off the table before making his way to the front door and putting his cloak on. They promised to meet in a few weeks to celebrate Christmas together and Adriana watched as Lucius popped out of her sight back to Malfoy Manor.

That evening, Adriana's dreams were filled with Lucius as she slept soundly in her bed.