Flying and Floating

"What?"

That was Andreas's immediate, surprised reaction. He thought he misheard her, or perhaps she misspoke.

"To get rid of the spell in the least alarming way we will have to go into the bath together." She repeated. "Unless you have any river nearby, of course, then we can do it this way."

Andreas bit his lip. Something was boiling inside of him and he knew he was close to the tipping point again. He closed his eyes and - not wanting to offend his new roommate - counted to three.

"So, at first you scream and throw things at me when I enter the bathroom with you inside..." He started, but she interrupted him.

"It was different! I was naked and surprised and didn't know you, or if I'll be staying here yet..."

"Hang on a moment there." He raised his hand. "I won't have to be naked, right?"

"Only the upper part of your body. Essentially I only need an access to your arm..." She stopped to take a breath, choosing her words carefully. "But just in case the spell is rooted deeper, we'll also check the shoulder and your chest part."

Andreas blinked.

"You know you are asking a lot of me, someone who met you a day ago?"

She responded with a nod.

"Because it's not only about the bathing thing, as long as we stay somewhat in clothes, then it's fine. But it's about me giving you enough credit to believe in your bullshit."

He finally said what he had on his mind for the last few hours.

"I tried to be kind and go along with your magic thing, but this is honestly getting ridiculous. Like why would I believe anything like that? My arm stung for a moment, and that's not a proof..."

He froze when she clapped her hands and whispered something in an unknown language.

A second later, he lost his footing. No, he didn't fall to the ground, he was going up, in the air. It was like some invisible **** kept pushing him upwards and he couldn't do anything about it but flail his limbs wildly.

"What is..."

"Levitate spell. Effective on single target in a close proximity that can hear the true Voice. Brace yourself, I'll bring you down."

He was barely a foot above the floor when the **** disappeared, and he fell. Andreas was so surprised that he couldn't stand normally, falling down onto his butt instead.

Sally moved closer, and looked at him. His hands were on the ground and he was staring at the floor. She had a slight idea of what was going on in his head.

Voigt's reality was sinking in. Magic was real. Whatever it was, whatever it could do, it was a reality and his roommate could cast spells. This crazy world just got even weirder for him.

"I believe you. Now help me get up."

"Yay!" His companion sprung upwards, happy that whatever she did worked. She approached and gave Andreas a hand.

They swiftly moved on to the bathroom.

"I'll change and get inside first. Don't peek!"

She said and got the water running to the jacuzzi.

Andreas turned around.

"It would be way easier if I just left the room when you do it."

He heard a giggle in response.

"Yeah, but I didn't think about that before I sealed the room."

He started to turn his head.

"You wh..."

"No looking!" She hissed. "Magic can be loud and I'm only making sure nothing detects what we are about to do. So I closed the room with a spell."

"Right." Andreas sighed angrily. "And you think nobody detected your little show when you made me fly?"

"Levitate." She corrected him. "And no, because it was a spell only directed at you and it lasted for a few seconds."

The loud noise of water splashing around could be heard when she got her body into the bath.

"You can look and enter now."

Andreas turned around. She was wearing a blue swimming bra, which looked way too small for the task it should've been doing. Sally's breasts were trying to get away and it looked like the bra was at it's snapping point at all times.

He looked to the side, and removed his shirt.

Sally couldn't take away her eyes from his body. He was fit. Not overly muscular, but it was clear that he works out to keep the good shape.

Then, he did something unexpected. He removed his pants and approached with just his boxers on. She could see an outline of something behind the fabric.

"Why did you do that?!"

Sally asked, feigning annoyance. In reality she didn't really mind that sight.

"I don't want my pants to get wet, I do plan to use them later. Besides, why did you undress? Do you really need to be in the water?"

"Yes. It's my bathing time. I need to keep my body temperature up."

She explained.

"Guess we're bathing together then."

He said and entered.

There wasn't that much space left in jacuzzi, considering her total size. Andreas could feel her tail touching his legs right below the water line. It was cold, so he had to admit that she needed warming up.

They both raises their heads and stared at each other.

Finally, Andreas broke the silence.

"So, the spell..."

"Right, the spell. We should do something about it. Let me just..."

The Lamia pushed herself away from the edge of the bath, in his direction, but she didn't account for her body and the bottom of the jacuzzi being slippery, so she tumbled forward, right at Andreas.

"Aargh!"

There was nothing he could do to escape, only his reflexes made him raise his hands in defense. The bodies crashed together, sending the waves of water around high in the air.

"Andreas!"

Sally screamed when she realized that his hands were touching her breasts.