Once Upon a Time

She held him close.

"Least Scorpion and Crystal're together now,"

"Yeah, that's a good thing."

He nodded.

She kissed his cheek.

Giovanni done his best to give her a smile.

"Come on, come inside and get a bit of rest before you go to work, I'll be right beside you."

"M'kay."

Marion brought him inside and to his room, where she got him to get into bed.

Giovanni laid down on the bed quietly.

She pulled the blanket over him. "Do you need anything?"

"No, I'm fine,"

"Ok, I will come and wake you when it's just gone dawn." She kissed his forehead before she walked to the door.

"M'kay,"

She closed the door gently behind her and she walked to the room she and Kaylea were staying in.

Giovanni stayed awake for about an hour before falling asleep.

After a while, Marion walked into his room silently and she looked at him smiling slightly.

Giovanni was fast asleep.

Marion getnly shook him. "Giovanni, wake up."

"What?" Giovanni grumbled with a groan, blinking his eyes open.

"Come on baby, time to get up. You have a young girl coming today remember?"

Giovanni just let out a deep sigh, "Yeah," he grumbled quietly.

"Once you've done this, you can go back to sleep ok?"

"No I can't, she isn't the only customer today... That's sad huh? I'm referring to them as customers now, seems to business like."

"You can call them whatever you like, it is your livelihood that we are on about."