AUTHOR'S NOTE: I thought that I should write a small scene between Meggie and Doria because Almost every scene they have together also has Farid in it, so I thought that there should be one where they're alone. By the way, I haven't finished Inkdeath yet so not every detail will be correct. Thanks for reading my note, and I hope you like it!!!!
Meggie sat by the fire that evening with Lianna and Despina slumbering in her lap. The past few days had been rather hectic and it was nice to get a break from Farid who constantly said that he knew how to get Dustfinger back. Fortunately enough, Farid had fallen asleep in his tent and now it was only she and Doria. These times were very awkward,though, because she knew whose company she preferred. Doria was sitting close to her, stroking Lianna's hair and humming some sort of song he probably picked up from Fenoglio's poetry about the Bluejay, her father...although he didn't feel like her father anymore, he was more like a distant relation that she barely knew. Meggie's teeth chattered involuntarily , drowning out Doria's humming, which , of course, made him stop." Are you okay?" he asked, "What? Oh...I'm fine."Meggie managed to reply. "Meggie, no you're not. I know there's something wrong." Doria said firmly, " Really, I'm fine...I just" Meggie could hear her voice breaking. Doria wrapped an arm around her as she began to cry," Hey there, settle down...It'll be okay." Meggie still cried. Doria tried to push up her chin to face him but instead, she grabbed and held his free hand. " Why are there so many tears from such pretty little eyes?" the way Doria talked to her made her feel like home again and took the place of her father's warmth." I don't know!Okay, I don't know!!" Megge felt like she snapped at him, but Doria still just chuckled and held her." It's your father, isn't it? Believe me, things will get better with time." but, how did he...? Meggie slipped out of his arms and set Lianna's and Despina's heads on the ground gently."Um, I think I'll go put Despina and Lianna with the other little girls." Meggie stood up and picked up Despina while Doria picked up Lianna." Meggie, I know these things! You don't need to hide your thoughts from me." Doria whispered after they set down the children. Meggie heaved a sigh and walked towards her tent,but Doria was faster and he ran in front of her and grabbed her shoulders ( gently), "Meggie...really, I don't try to sound mean or anything ,but I insist upon staying awake with you until we fix your problem!" Doria said very firmly. Meggie smiled at him and said, " Okay, alright." Meggie suddenly felt much better as they went back to the fire and whispered until the problem was, for the most part, fixed.....Meggie wondered if Farid ever did that for her.........