"Russia in the summer. Please tell me that actually is more appealing than what it sounds like," Ash said, "because it sounds like your summer was something akin to prison for part of it. Poor, Sera." He traced a circle around her belly-button and looked over that body of hers again. The curves in all the right places and he leaned down to give her a kiss.
And she was right. When they got to the school, they would get back to the way things were there. It was surprising sometimes that their headmaster never stepped in, but both Ash and Sera were good about working around the rules. They made sure that the school couldn't step in on their fun and games. Ash and Sera were stronger when they were together and despite all the rumors about them probably being mostly true, it didn't seem to lessen their influence.
"If you needed an escape, I could've just taken you with me," he said and then a part of his mind said maybe that it was a good thing he hadn't. If she had been in Indonesia with him, he would have never gone out with Lyra.