What are we doing?

"I don't know, first I thought it was because I'm a siren and I was scared of getting my tail in the rain. But I always fear that it will close and cut my finger of our something," she admitted as she was shaking her head a little. "Which is silly," with everything that had happened. It was an old fear that now was so little compared to what she had been trough.  Mariella licked her lips softy as she look the cup up. Letting it warm her cold hands. She was happy, that she had been able to keep that hope, keep her love for Reginald alive in her mind all this time. Then she asked about movies. "I like watching movies, sometimes. Usually my cousin and one of our friends like to set up movie nights. With Halloween around the corner, my cousin is getting into spooky mode - as he would call it," she chuckled a little. Theodore was the worst to watch horrormovies with, only because he would pass through the floors and walls just to prank everyone.

"You should make it a trip. Would be a nice tradition to start," she admitted with a warm smile on her lips. "It's important with small happy moments, its whats gonna hold us up in the darker times," she added as she breathed out. Mariella held on to her happy moments so tight in fear of dropping them. Mariella smiled a little brighter, when Buffy mentioned that her daughter was boy crazy. She remembered that feeling. But then she frowned a bit by hearing the name Jake. Not there wasn't a lot of guys out there who had the name Jake. Mariella just happened to know from Vanya, that Jake was seeing someone. "I actually think I know that Jake," she was almost sure. Mariella hadn't seen Jake herself, but even Tiana mentioned that he was out and about with this girl.
"My sister and Jake are close friends. Funny how small the world is," she took another mouthful of her tea before placing the cup on the table again.

"Sounds like him," she nodded. The world was small, and it was weird how some of them had found lives outside their time. Mariella wanted to go back to their time, but she wasn't sure if she could. "Jake is a good guy, no one would blame you for looking out for your daughter. You want what is best for her," it was funny how talking to Buffy gave her more detail in what Jake was doing that Jake himself did. At least she could now tell Reginald what his cousin was doing in his spare time. Tiana would be pleased to know more about what her best friends were doing, she knew her sister was getting a little lonely. "But I'm very happy that you found your fiancé, true love isn't easy. However, it feels really good once you find it."

Baal, the name made Mariella react. But not in a bad way. She hadn't seen or heard from him since the day he had been to blame for Karmena's death. No word. Nothing. He had left Mariella with many mixed feelings, but he had also been a help to get out of hell the first time she was there. "Once again our paths cross. I know him," she added with a small smile. "But you seem very happy, and as long as he treats you right. Then its all that matters," Mariella remembered the short time Baal and Ana had been flirting around with each other. But with everything maybe things had played out just as they needed to. Buffy looked so happy and at peace, it was refreshing to see. "Like you look so at peace with yourself. It's very uplifting," she admitted and tilted her head a little to the side.

She loved talking with Buffy. Mariella loved the positive energy that followed around as she spoke. Happiness was such an important thing, however, it seemed to be rare. "Indeed, protect that. It's rare," she smiled a little bit and followed Buffy's gaze to the candle shortly. Mariella moved her eyes up and looked at Buffy once again, when the question was asked. Mariella moved her hazel colored eyes over to the fire place, almost like she had been waiting for this all day. "My pleasure," a smile lifted up in a little half smirk. Mariella got up from her chair and walked over to the fire place right next to them. For a short moment she looked back, making sure that the people didn't found her to weird for sitting here - and on the other hand, she couldn't care less. Mariella lifted her left hand up and made a swift movement with her hand. The embers started to glow, and from the embers small flames grew. Mariella smiled to herself as she looked at them.
"Done," she put her hand down on her high and looked back at Buffy with a bright smile on her lips. Then she got up and sat down back in her chair.

Mariella knew why they haven't met earlier. The concept of time travel wasn't anything she bragged about, and in the end of the day - she had spend more years in this time than her future - was she even meant to return? "One of the greatest mysteries of life," the siren gave the hybrid a little half smirk. "I don't know what I believe in anymore, to be honest," Mariella took a sip of her tea and looked down at the cup for a little while. Then she moved her hazel eyes back at Buffy. "That sounded a little too dark," she chuckled a little and placed the cup back on the table. "Anyway, I'm most admit. I'm very glad that we decided to come in here and talk. I really enjoy it."

"That is true," she chuckled a little. Buffy made things seem so simple, and maybe were, and they had just entangled themselves to a complicated manner in the sirens head. It was nice meeting a good person for a change, meeting someone who didn't want anything from her or wished to put bricks on the tower of past chaotic events.
"No, not yet really. Things are quite complicated back home, so I don't want to plan to much. Even through I wish I could a little trip out of Gaia for a change," Gaia held many memories at this point. Gaia and Hell were the two most visited places she had been in this time. It was almost like it tried to contain her with toxic air and she needed to breathe. She needed to not feel like something bad would happen every time she blinked. "My little sister is always quick in Christmas spirit, like I'm pretty sure her room is already decorated." Mariella and her family usually spend Christmas in their Kingdom, but they couldn't really do that even through her parents would love it. The people couldn't know. However, she had one person by her side she haven't had the other years. It would be her first Christmas married to Reginald, and even in the darkness of what had happened to both of them. She still had a slight believe, that being with him was its own Christmas miracle. "What about you, any plans?"

It was almost insane to think they had been stuck in this time for this long already. Christmas was around the corner and none of them were able to be with their parents. It was always something that she had a bunch of friends and family that could celebrate together. It was in this moment Mariella realized how lucky she was, that people actually approved of her getting married to Reginald. Not that she would have changed her mind if it had been the other way around - he was still one of the best choices she had ever made. "I'm sorry about that," she meant it. "Maybe he will come around when he realizes how happy you are," it surprised Mariella a bit how optimistic she sounded in that moment. Maybe it was because she knew how easily it was to touch the strings between people. If one just moved carefully around and made the right choices or said the right things - anything could happen. "But yeah, I get that." She sighed a bit and looked over at the fire.  She felt the heat from her hands and looked down at her hand for a little while, small embers danced by the end off her finger tips. Mariella closed her fist to regain the emotional control over her ability.
"Do you want a refill?" She then asked with a smile. "Or do you want to try another one?"