I stirred in my sleep. I had that feeling again. The one where Kalona was about to invade my dreams. I didn't want to deal with him not tonight but I lost the fight and let sleep over take me. I was in a garden. There were pretty lily's daisy's and other flowers that I didn't know. In the distance I saw a cottage like house. This was wired for Kalona. Yes he take me to a grass plane or something but this place was so much more beautiful.
"Zoey." I hear my name in the distance and footsteps coming closer to me.
"I'm not in the mood Kalona get out of my dreams." the footsteps don't stop. I turn around. "Look Kalo-" I stop mid sentence. There she was the most beautiful women alive. I start running to her. She takes me into her arms and holds me tight. I look up at her. Her moss green eyes that always say what she feels. They look sad but happy at the same time. Her auburn hair is pulled back into a thick braid. I move my hands from her waist and wrap them around her neck. Our faces move closer to each other. Our noses touch I forgot how soft hers was. Her lips brush against mine. I feel that surge of electric charge run threw my body some thing that I only feel with her. Don't get me wrong Erik, Heath, and Stark are great kissers but there kisses are nothing compared to hers. I kiss her back a little bit deeper then her. I trace my tongue over her bottom lip asking to go in. She doesn't let me. I pull back our eyes meeting again. I can't read them I know what's wrong. She's mad at me. I let Heath weaken our imprint then Stark broke it cutting us off from each other. I don't want her to be mad at me. "I'm sorry I didn't want our imprint to brake. I'm sorry that I let it happen that I'm weak when it comes to blood. I'm sorry please forgive me..." anything after that is masked behind tears and snot. She laughs lightly at me. God I missed that sound. She takes out a handkerchief and wipes away my tears and snot.
"Oh Zoey who said I was mad at you? As much as I love kissing you that is not why I have come." my heart jumps in my chest when she said the word love. It does that every time she says that word.
"Then why did you come?" she strokes my cheek lightly with her thumb.
"For two reasons one I must ask you something and two I missed you greatly. I had to see you who ever is trying to be me has made that impossible. I don't want you to lose your friends because of me."
"But if your not behind this then who is?"
"I do not know." she holds out her hand urging me to take it. "Walk with me?" I place my hand in hers.
"Always." she smiles at me. A gentle smile that makes you feel all fuzzy. She leads me down a path surrounded by tulips. "What is this place?" she looks at me I can feel her eyes on me.
"A small house in Sweden."
"Why are you in Sweden?"
"To ask someone for help."
"Who?" we reach the end of the path. A small fountain is in the middle. There where a few small stone benches with roes bushes next to them. She lead me to one of those stone benches. She sat down first then I sat down next to her. She turns to me and tucks a few pieces of hair behind my ear.
"Zoey I need your help."
"What is it What's wrong?"
"I found a way. A way to kill Kalona and return the red fledglings back but there is a problem. The passage that has the information is in two languages, Hebrew and Cherokee. I need your help with the Cherokee part."
"I would love to help you but I'm not good at it." I saw the sadness in her eyes. I don't want to cause her pain. Then I think of something. "My grandma she's good at it she can help."
"But she thinks I'm evil."
"Yes she does but once I explain to her what's happen she'll understand that's what's so great about her."
"Okay if you say so."
"Hey whose helping you with the Hebrew part?"
"Anastasia's mother."
"I didn't know professor Anastasia was jewish."
"She's not her grandmother never got into the religion and switched when she married the only thing Anastasia knows is the Hebrew language.
"Oh okay." I look down at the ground unable to meet her eyes.
NEFERET'S POINT OF VIEW:
She looked so beautiful looking down, hair tucked behind her ear, swinging her legs lightly. My heart beats hard in my chest. I feel like I can say those five words right now. I open my mouth to speak but I can't find my voice. Damn it! Why is this so difficult! I look down at are still connected hands. I want to spend forever with her but when she needed me I wasn't there for her. I was suppose to save her bring her soul back but Anastasia stopped me. I don't blame Anastasia not at all never did she thought about what was right when all I thought about was my Zoeybird in danger.
"I'm sorry!" I blurt out of the blue. She looks at me confused.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you. You could of died and I would of lost you forever I wanted to be there holding your hand telling you that you where going to be okay. I-I-I." I couldn't talk over the tears poring down my face. She wraps her arms around me and just held me.
"It's okay I'm the one that should be sorry I made you worry and caused you pain-" I kissed her stopping her apologies. Truth be told I wanted those lips again those beautiful lips one more time. I broke the kiss this time.
"Zoey I need to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"I-" two buzzing sounds came in the distance.
"No I don't want to get up now!" she screamed holding onto me tighter.
"Zoey I-" she vanished everything vanished.
"Neferet. Neferet you need to get up now." I groaned into my pillow. I wanted to be back with Zoey in her arms. "Come on Neferet I have coffee and a hot muffin for you." I rolled onto my back. "Morning sleepy head." Anastasia smiled down at me. I swear she only has two moods. Loving mother and mad as hell. I got up to a sitting position my arms still wrapped tightly around my pillow. "You have a crush on your pillow now?" I smirk lazily to myself.
"No not with me." I threw my pillow at her face.
"What the hell Neferet." she threw the pillow back at me.
"Hey I'm not the one who interrupted her best friends dream." She smiles and places a hand on her hip.
"Let me guess it was about Zoey?"
"Yeah." I grabbed the coffee that was on the night stand and took a bit out of the warm blueberry muffin.
"So tell me what happen?" Anastasia said making herself comfortable on my bed.
"We met in Dragon's moms garden and talked."
"About?"
"Stuff." I got up from the bed and grabbed a pair of black pants and a green sweater. I went into my small bathroom and changed into them. I could hear Anastasia groan. "What's your problem?" I asked my toothbrush on one side of my mouth.
"Stuff? Thats the best you can give me is stuff?" I was wrong she does have another mode annoying teenager. Fine if she wants to play this game then two can play.
"Yeah thats the best I can give you." I spit into the sink rinsed off my toothbrush and place it back. She groaned at me.
"Neferet your being unfair!" she wined at me kicking her feet against my bed.
"No I'm not being unfair I'm keeping my privet life to myself."
"Your mean." Anastasia pouted crossing her arms and legs. I rolled her eyes at her.
"Stop pouting Anastasia your setting a horrible example for your children." Anastasia opened her mouth to say something snappy but closed it she would never back talk to her mother.
"Yes Ma'am." Anastasia uncrossed her arms and legs and stopped pouting. Mrs. Gurkha walked into the room leaning on her cane thing for support.
"Anastasia if Neferet wants to talk about her relationships then its her choice you must respect that."
"I understand."
"Good now Larisa wants you two down stairs soon."
"Okay." Anastasia and I said in unison. Anastasia left the room leaving me alone for the first time today. I looked on my night stand. My cell phone sat there untouched. I picked it up just staring at it.
"Calling her now may or may not go the way you plan." I jumped at Anastasia's voice. I turned to face her half angry half wanting her opinion. "But I think you should do it Neferet talking to her in a dream is different then talking to her for real." just like she came Anastasia was gone.
"She's like a ghost half the times." I look back at my cell phone. I'll wait till I'm alone maybe I can get away to the docks. I put my cell phone in my pocket and left.
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
"Zoey." a pair of lips trailed from my neck to my ear. "Come on babe time to get up" I turn my head so I'm looking at him. He came down and kissed me. His next kiss was more heated. I felt his man hood press against my inner thigh harding that is when I pushed him away. "What's wrong Zoey?" he looked at me confused.
"I'm not in the mood Stark." I got up from the bed and headed into the bathroom.
"Okay." I barley heard him as I started the shower. As I waited for the water to warm up I grabbed a t-shirt, jeans, bra, and panties from the dresser and headed back to the bathroom. "Can I join you?"I turn to face him and instantly wished I didn't. He was standing there leaning against the door frame butt naked his man hood stood at full attention.
"No." Stark raised an eyebrow at me.
"Okay." he left. Thank goddess! I looked at the door frame again. I pictured Neferet standing there asking the same thing Stark did. I picture her auburn hair feathered lightly over her breast. Her bare breast. A warm sensation developed below my waist. I snapped out of my little fantasy long enough to check the water temperature. I stepped into the shower the warm water trailed down my body. I shampooed and conditioned my hair. I tucked a few strands of hair behind my ear and remembered Neferet's feather like touches. My body felt cold despite the warm water. I grabbed the sponge and placed some soap on it and started to wash myself. My mind wondered to my little fantasy instead of the sponge racking up and down my arm it was Neferet's hand. I moved the sponge to my breast and shivered. Instead of feeling the rough sponge I felt Neferet's smooth hands running across my breast rubbing gentle circles around my nipples. As if to its own accord my hand went up and cupped my right breast. I moaned as my thumb and index finger pinched my nipple.
"Neferet." I moaned her name. My hand trailed down the length of my abdomen. I leaned against the glass door, dropping the sponge at some point, and grabbed the metal bar to support myself. My hand trailed up and down my right thigh(scrubbing the spot Stark's man hood touched). My hand snaked up my thigh one more time before stopping mere inches from my core. My fingers found my swollen clit and I jumped. My fingers started to trace circles around my clit. the circles started out large but then they grew smaller and smaller till my index finger touched the swollen bundle of nerves. "Neferet!" I moaned her name loudly. My fingers moved from my clit to my entrance. I entered one then two fingers into my hole. "NEFERET!" I screamed her name imagining her fingers pumping in and out of me. pressure started to build inside of me. "I'm gonna cum I'm gonna- NEFERET!" I screamed her name as I came. Hard. My legs gave in under me and I collapsed onto the cold shower floor.
"Zoey!" some one screams my name I don't know who. I black out.
APHRODITE'S POINT OF VIEW:
I walked up to Zoey's and Stark's door and knocked.
"Zoey? Stark? It's Aphrodite can I come in?" no answer. I opened the door. "Hey Zoey are you here?" I heard the water running Zoey must be taking a shower.
"NEFERET!" I hear Zoey scream. That bitch must of followed us here. I rushed into the bathroom and found Zoey on the floor.
"Zoey!" I rushed over to her shutting the water off. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her. I picked her up bridal style and placed her on the bed. Grabbing her clothes from the bathroom and dressed her. Zoey stared to stir a few minutes later. "Zoey?" I whispered softly. Zoey moans and stirs a little more.
"N-Neferet?" I'm shocked. What did that bitch do to her?
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
I slowly started to regain conscious. I opened my eyes and saw Aphrodite with a look on her face that I never seen before.
"Aphrodite what's wrong?"
"What did she do to you?"
"What are you talking about?" I gave her an confused look.
"You screamed Neferet's name I found you on the bathroom floor. What happened Zoey?" it hit me like a ton of bricks. I masturbated in the shower and screamed Neferet's name. This is bad very very bad.
"I don't know." half lying half telling the truth. Aphrodite raised a perfect eyebrow at me.
"If you say so I was actually coming in here to tell you goodbye."
"Right you and Darius are leaving today."
"Right." an awkward silence formed between us. An knock on our door saved us.
"Come in." Darius and Stark came in.
"Hey I came in looking for you when you didn't come down." Darius said more to Aphrodite then to anyone else.
"Sorry I found Zoey unconscious on the bathroom floor. I wanted to stay with her to make sure she was okay."
"Are you okay babe?" Stark asked placing a hand on my shoulder.
"I'm fine."
"Well we must be going." Darius hugged me goodbye.
"Yeah." Aphrodite got up from my bed heading toward the door.
"Aphrodite." she turns around to face me. I hold out my arms waiting for her to hug me. She rolls her eyes at me before doing so.
"You'll tell me what happen when you get back wouldn't you?" she whispers into my ear.
"Yeah."
"Good and Zoey I may sound like a bitch but I worry about you."
"I know you do Aphrodite." we brake apart and she and Darius leave. Stark wraps his arm around my shoulders. I want to slap it away but I can't so I pretend it's Neferet's arm around me.
"So what do you want to do today?"
"I want to walk on the beach."
"Sure babe let's go."
"I meant alone Stark. I just want to be by myself."
"Okay." another 'okay' that I almost don't hear. I walk down the necessary halls and stairs to get down to the beach. I go to where there are a bunch of rocks and hid behind them hoping to go unnoticed.
NEFERET'S POINT OF VIEW:
I was able to pull away from Anastasia's side long enough to escape. She hasn't left me alone always pressing me about my dream of Zoey, when was I going to call her, what was I going to tell her. I thought about rating her out to her mom but thats juvenal. We are fully grown women we can handle are own problems without running to our mothers. I walked to the docks. I would always come here when ever I feel down. It's quite during the night time and deserted two things I like in a place when I want to be alone. I sat down on a dock hidden by a boat so Anastasia doesn't see me. I love the women but she can get annoying. I pulled my cell out of my pocket. I stared at the blank screen for a whole minute. I took a deep breath and turned it on. I opened my contacts and scrolled all the way down to the bottom. Taking another deep breath I pressed call. It rang three times before someone answered.
"Hello?"
"Zoey? It's Neferet."
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
I was drawing in the sand my head in it's own little world. My cell phone broke the tranquil like silence. I look at the number. I don't recognize it but I answer it anyway.
"Hello?" I answer cautiously into my phone.
"Zoey? It's Neferet." my heart pounds hard in my chest.
"Neferet I miss you so much."
"So do I my little Zoeybird." god how I missed her calling me that. She took my grandmas special name for me and made it even more special. "Are you near water? I hear the crashing of waves."
"Yeah. Why are you?"
"Yes I am I'm at the docks."
"Why there?"
"It's the only place where I can be alone. Anastasia hasn't stop hounding me all day." a shocked look came across my face. Professor Anastasia was dead last time I checked so how can she be with Neferet?
"Um Neferet I don't know if you knew this but Professor Anastasia is dead her throat was slit by a Raven Mocker." I heard a slap like sound coming from her end.
"I forgot you don't know. The Anastasia that is dead is a decoy the real one is with me."
"Does Anastasia know that everyone including her own husband think she's dead?"
"By everyone you mean the mind controlled fledglings and professors they wouldn't remember. Lenobia already knows we asked her not to tell and Dragon was told but knowing him he forgot."
"Oh why where we not told?"
"To risky." I continued to draw in the sand I spelt her name first then a little plus sign under her name then my name underneath the plus sign. I drew a heart around our names then a arrow through the heart. It was pretty I found two half's of a seashell to my surprise they where the same half's of the same shell. I placed one half in the 'R' in her name the other in the 'O' in mine. I knew how to take a picture without hanging up. I took a picture of my creation wanting to save it and share it with the one that I love.
NEFERET'S POINT OF VIEW:
I heard the snap of a camera on her end.
"What's going on Zoey?" I asked not wanting to startle her.
"I'll show you later."
"Okay." I had that feeling again like I could say those five words that burned my throat every time I want to say them. "Zoey I have to tell you something."
"What is it Neferet?"
"I- uh- I- um I- uh..."
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
Something was wrong with Neferet. Neferet was usually calm and never at a lost for words.
"Neferet are you okay?"
"No I'm not I have been trying to tell you something but I choke up every time I try. I want to spend eternity with you Zoey nothing will stop me for what I feel. What I'm trying to say is that I love you Zoey Redbird." I stopped breathing not only did Neferet said the word love but she said she loves me. ME!
"I love you to Neferet. When I first saw you I thought you where the most beautiful person I ever seen, I still think that now. With everything happening a lot of people have turn your back on you but I never had my heart hurts when ever I hear someone say something mean about you or when I see that person ruining you a good name. I want to spend forever with you if it's in the vampire world or the human world or an abandoned island with no civilization. I'll go to the ends of the earth with you Neferet." I heard crying on her end. I made her cry I didn't mean to do that. "I'm sorry Neferet I didn't mean to-"
"It's okay I'm the one that should be apologizing for crying in your ear like a baby but its just that I'm so happy that you feel that way Zoey and I'm so grateful to have you as not only my student but as my girlfriend." my heart wouldn't stop beating hard in my chest. I was so happy were girlfriend and girlfriend now I squealed. I never squealed till that moment. I never been this happy before. "Is that squeal good or bad?" she asked a little hesitant.
"Good very very good. I'm sooooo happy right now you make me happy."
"You make me happy as well. I'm returning to Tulsa in two days." she sounded a little nervous. You can't blame her someone was making her looking bad. Heck me and my friends where trying to kill her. Then I remembered something extremely important.
"Neferet I have something to say."
NEFERET'S POINT OF VIEW:
Zoey sounded nervous, extremely nervous. This was not good.
"What's wrong Zoey? You know you can tell me anything." crap I sounded to pushy.
"Well um after I woke up I went into the bathroom to shower and Stark came in and asked to join and his manhood was standing up completely, gross, I said no he left thank Nyx and instead of him being there I pictured you there and it just snow balled after that I masturbated and came HARD screaming your name. Now heres the bad part when I screamed your name Aphrodite was in my room to check up on me cause apparently I blacked out when I came. So Aphrodite wants me to explain myself what do I tell her?" I thought about this a long time.
"The truth tell her the truth her reaction will be her own opinion but before you tell her anything I want you to tell her anything I want you to help us with the passage as a back up plan."
"Okay I'll do that." I heard footsteps coming toward me.
"I have to go Zoey."
"NO! I don't want to stop!" she wined at me I felt the same way but when I looked at who was coming and my battery level I cringed.
"I know Zoey and neither do I but my phone is about to die."
"Okay I'll call you when I arrive back to Tulsa."
"Great can't wait to see you."
"Nether can I."
"Love you."
"Love you." I hung up just when the set of footsteps reached me.
"Aww I missed all of the juicy parts." Anastasia pouted at me.
"Anastasia what have I told you about pouting and staying out of Neferet's relationships!" I mimicked Mrs. Gurkha's voice.
"You did not just mimicked my mom?" wow Anastasia was pushing it with this teenager act. My phone beeped I looked down at it and found a picture mail. I had no idea what that is or that my phone even got them but I opened it. It was a picture of a sand heart with an arrow through it with mine and Zoey's name in it a seashell was in the 'R' and 'O'. It was beautiful I set the picture up as one of my wallpapers so that every time I opened up my phone I thought of Zoey. I smiled for the first time today I was so happy I finally said those five words and Zoey said she loved me back I wanted the next two days to end quickly so that I could go back home and be with Zoey.
"Everything went okay I presume?"
"Everything went more then okay."
"Good let's head back." we stood up and walked back arm in arm.
"Anastasia, Zoey told me something very interesting."
"And what is that?"
"Dragon thinks your really dead."
"Seriously? That big idiot I love the man but he can be a pain sometimes."
"Anastasia maybe you didn't hear me correctly."
"No I heard you and Dragon is being a total idiot its one of the things he does best besides being a great guardian."
"What else does Dragon do?" Anastasia looks off in the distance then shrugs. "He also has a bad habit believing in what he only wants to believe." Anastasia looks at me eyes widen in fear.
"Don't tell me what I think your saying there is no way..." her sentence trails off she knows it's true even if she doesn't want to. Once we arrive at the house she rushed on to her room and closed the door behind her.
"What's wrong with Anastasia?" Larisa asked.
"She just remembered the flaws that Dragon has."
ANASTASIA'S POINT OF VIEW:
Crap, crap, CRAP! I'm an idiot for leaving her alone with Dragon. I should of called one of her aunts, uncles, Stephanie, or older cousins to watch her. Damn I knew this was going to happen I was asking for a miracle for Dragon to remember. I found my cell phone in my purse finally, I carry to much crap in that thing, I found Darius's name and pressed call.
DARIUS'S POINT OF VIEW:
Fells good to stretch that was a long flight. My phone vibrated in my pocket. Moms name and cell number was on the screen.
"Hi mom." I was happy to hear from her after everything that has happen.
"Darius." this was no good she sounded stressed.
"What's wrong mom."
"Are you back in Tulsa Darius?"
"Just got back."
"Thank Nyx."
"What's going on mom?"
"I need you to go back to the house of night and check on your little sister."
"Why isn't she okay with... Oh I see the problem I'm going don't worry mom I'll make sure that she's okay."
"Thank you Darius. I also want you to do another thing."
"What is it mom?"
"I need you to prepare two rooms your grandparents are coming for a little while."
"Okay why? Not that I'll be happy to see them or anything."
"To meet your little sister."
"Right okay mom I'll have everything ready and make sure Easnadh is okay."
"Thank you Darius."
"Your welcome mom."
"Love you."
"Love you too mom." I hung up and put my phone back.
"Was that your mom?" Aphrodite asked I completely forgot that she was standing right next to me.
"Yeah she wants me to prepare two rooms for my grandparents and check on my little sister."
"Aren't you sweet."
"I'm her only brother and with my older sister away and my dad can forget things she needs me."
"Can I meet her? How old is she?"
"Yes and she just turned 15."
"And her name is Easnadh right?"
"Yes." we left the airport and arrived back at the school. Aphrodite and I split directions. I went to the professors building and climbed to the third floor. I immediately went to Easnadh's room. It was empty. This was not good. I checked Andy's room and it was empty too. Crap where did she go. I went to the spare closet grabbed two sets of bedding went into the two rooms that we used for guest made the the beds and left. I need to find Easnadh before mom comes back and before she gets hurt.
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
I stayed at the beach for the longest time. After Neferet called me I took the cell number and replaced the contacts with it. I sat there for the longest time just drawing her name in the sand over and over again. My phone rang again I found a text message from Stark.
'almost sunset time for bed' wow I spent a lot of time at the beach. I sat up from my spot on the beach and headed back. I reached my room arms wrapped around my waist. I felt Stark's lips trail from my ear to my neck then down my arm.
"Stark..." he turns me around and kisses me. It felt so wrong this was cheating. I was cheating on Neferet with Stark! My eyes widened when this thought came to mind. I push Stark away.
"What's wrong Zoey you have been acting wired all day."
"Just because I don't want to have sex right now there's something wrong with me?"
"No but it's wired that you want to be alone all day."
"So now I can't spend time alone by myself?"
"No of course not you can do what ever you want."
"So why are you questioning me?"
"Sorry didn't mean to." he was about to kiss me I took a step back.
"Your words are enough." he shrugged and climbed into bed. I changed into my pajamas, brushed my teeth(a little hard to get Stark out of my mouth), climbed into bed and fell asleep. I woke up the next day kind of sad that Neferet didn't see me through my dreams. I looked to my left Stark was still asleep. Good I dressed quickly and escaped to the beach. I went to the spot where I was yesterday everything was the same as I left it. I found the sand heart that I made. I took the seashell from Neferet's name and placed a little 'N' on it. I did the same mine but instead of a 'N' I wrote a 'Z'.
"We can make them into a necklace if you want." I jumped at the voice. I turn around to face Sgiach she's the queen of the island my friends took me here so my soul can be fixed.
"What did you say?"
"I said we can make them into a necklace if you want." I look at the seashells in my hand. They would make pretty pendents. One for each of us to remember the other by.
"When can we do it?" she urges me to follow her. We walk to a part of the castle that I'm not familiar with. She takes me into a room that reminds me of an art room in my old high school. We walk over to a table she stands on one side of it.
"May I please see them." I hand her the two seashell half's. She looks at them carefully. "You found two half's of the same shell. There's a story behind seashells you know."
"What is it?" I'm curious what the story is behind seashells.
"There are two half's to every shell just like there is one person out there for us."
"Cool."
"Very. Do you want to decorate them?" I look at the two seashell's in Sgiach's hand. I love the natural coloring of them.
"I want to color the 'N' and 'Z'." the black ink looks ugly in the cream colored shells.
"What color do you want them?" I thought about this for a while.
"I want the 'Z' purple and the 'N' moss green."
"No problem." she went over to a cabinet that had rows and rows of small jars. She grabbed two from the many rows, two paint brushes one small one large, a medium size jar and placed them on the table. After washing the seashells she dipped the small paint brush in the green paint and started on the 'N'. "You love her don't you?" I was startled by the sound of her voice.
"I do you have no idea." I smiled at the moss green 'N' she just finished. The color looked just like Neferet's eyes her beautiful moss green eyes.
"I can tell." she rinsed off the paintbrush dried it and dipped it into the purple paint and started on the 'Z'.
"How?"
"The obvious the sand heart with hers and yours name in it and the fact that you also written her name who knows how many times in the sand." I blush I knew that I drew her name a lot but I didn't think it was that bad. "Don't feel bad Zoey we all do things that we are not aware of. It's actually kind of cute." she finished painting the 'Z' purple.
"What's next." I asked curious what the next step was to the proses.
"Well we wait for the paint to dry which wouldn't take long and coat the shells with this," she placed a hand on the medium size jar. "this will protect and make the shells stronger."
"Cool." she picked up the shell with the moss green 'N' on it.
"What made you choose moss green and purple?" Sgiach dipped the medium size brush in the jar on started to coat the shell.
"Moss green is the color of her eyes and purple is the color of spirt I represent spirt the most."
"Very wise." she placed the shell on a rack then started with the next one. After she finished that one she placed it next to it's counter part. "Why don't we have lunch while we let them dry. You must be hungry you didn't eat all day yesterday." as if on cue my stomach growled loudly. We left together to have lunch.
STARK'S POINT OF VIEW:
Zoey was gone when I woke up. She's been acting wired lately. I respect her privacy but she's acting like I have some wired illness or something. I showered, dressed, and started looking for Zoey. I asked one of the guardians and he said he saw her at the beach. I thanked him and headed out to where he said she was. I reached the beach but Zoey wasn't there. I saw footprints in the sand. They looked like Zoey's so I followed them. I wished I didn't. The footprints stopped at the edges of a large rock. I was surrounded by her name. Neferet's name was all over the place. Why would Zoey write Neferet's name over and over again? I got my answer. There was a sand heart with Zoey's and Neferet's name in it. A seashell like indent was in the 'R' and 'O'. What did this mean? Does Zoey love Neferet? I feel like I was going to vomit. Why, why she of all people would take my Zoey away from me after all that I did? I ran away from that place and never looked back.
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
Lunch with Sgiach was pleasant. We headed back to the art room to finish the shell necklaces. Sgiach grabbed a box that looked like it had a bunch of small silver pieces in it, a nail, hammer, pliers, some thin ribbon in moss green and purple, and a thick blue ribbon. She sat down at the table and started working. She took the shell with the moss green 'N' placed the nail at one end and lightly tapped it wit the hammer. She opened the box and took out a small silver ring and with some help from the pliers she placed the silver ring through the hole. Sgiach took the purple ribbon and threaded through the ring. She attached some chain links on one end of the ribbon and a clasped on the other end and handed it to me. It was beautiful the moss green and purple complemented each other so well. I missed Sgiach's work on the second shell. She handed me a small box that had the pretty blue ribbon on it.
"Thank you so much Sgiach." she helped me put on the necklace. The seashell rested on my heart. It was perfect every time I looked down and see that moss green 'N' I will think about how much I love Neferet and that my heart belongs to her now.
"Your very welcome Zoey." we left the room I nearly forgot to tell her that Stark and I are leaving tomorrow. I turn to her and open my mouth to speak but she beats me to it. "I know you and Stark are leaving tomorrow. The boat arrives at dusk." she left. I squealed again I was so happy that I will soon see the women that I love again.
NEFERET'S POINT OF VIEW:
I was restless all day. I'm finally leaving on a plain in the morning to Tulsa. I will be closes then I ever would be to my precious Zoey again in months. Soon we will be together again. I packed the last of my bags. I looked over my room again to make sure that I had everything. In the dresser drawer was my present for Zoey. I knew how much Zoey hated when people mashed her birthday with Christmas and how much she loved sour things. I found these candy balls that where suppose to make even the most extreme sour lovers cringed. We'll see about that. I packed them in my carry on. I was ready for Tulsa. I brought my luggage down stairs. I looked at the clock for the thousand time that day. Only two minutes have passed. I groaned there was nothing to do I was ready to leave Sweden but time had other plans. I was thinking of turning on the T.V. but then I remembered that it will be in Swedish. As a high Priestess I'm skilled in many languages but I only know the basics of Swedish even Anastasia only knows the basics and she's the one whose husband is Swedish but according to Anastasia she only understands it when it's coming from Dragon and when it's coming from Dragon when they are arguing or having sex(ew). I looked around Larisa's living room. Pictures of her, her husband, and Dragon when he was younger where all over the place. I forgot how chubby Dragon was when he was younger. A recent family photo of Dragon, Anastasia, and there four kids was on one of the tables. Stephanie was the oldest then Darius who was a great a guardian as Dragon Andy is there foster son and Dragons trainee. Easnadh was the youngest. I'm close to all of Anastasia and Dragon's kids but with personal experience I can closely relate to to Easnadh. I know what it feels like to be used by the one that was suppose to love and protect you. Between the two of us Easnadh got the short end of the stick. I was only abused by my father at the age of ten to fifteen. She was abused by her father, mother, brother, and half of her fathers family and friends at the age of three to not only a year ago. It still angers and makes me sick how that man not only molested her but made her sell her own body. I'm glad that she's with Dragon and Anastasia now there great people and wonderful parents. I'm glad that she's now living a pain free life.
"I still remember when it was taken right out side of the court house that day marked the start that Easnadh officially became a Lankford." Anastasia said remembering something that happened months ago like it happened yesterday. "Even though Larisa and my mom haven't even even met her yet they are already calling her there granddaughter. I knew they would like her but they are calling someone that they haven't even met family. I'm so happy Easnadh has been through hell and rejection I don't want to put her through more."
"She misses you Anastasia."
"I know so do I. I can't wait to go home and be back in the arms of my family." we talk a little bit after that.
"Are you girls ready?" Mrs. Gurkha's voice stopped mine and Anastasia's conversation.
"You have no idea." Anastasia said getting up from the couch and helped her mother into Larisa's SUV. Once every one and every thing was in we headed to the airport. We went through everything that needed to be done. all four of us got our passports stamped. We arrive at our gate then got on the airplane. I took a window seat and Anastasia sat down next to me. I put my seat belt on and looked out the window impatiently. When the plain finally took off knots formed in my stomach. I was finally going home now the only thing that stood in my way of seeing Zoey is a long flight. After the flight attendant gave us our drinks I fell asleep. "Neferet." Anastasia whispered my name softly. I got up slowly realizing that we landed. I'm home. Now all I have to do is wait for Zoey's call.
ZOEY'S POINT OF VIEW:
I'm going home! I'm so excited I didn't sleep at all. I packed the few things that I had, being extra careful with with Neferet's seashell necklace, into my backpack while Stark was still asleep. I waited on the docks for dusk to come. The boat came when the sun was half way down. I called Stark to tell him that the boat is here. I got on and waited for Stark to come. Once Stark was on the boat took off to the airport. I found a seat on the plain and waited for it to take off. I fell asleep half way threw the ride.
"Zoey." I hear Stark whisper my name. I opened my eyes to look at him. "Welcome back to Tulsa." I unbuckled my seat belt and half ran off the plain. I turned on my cell phone and found Neferet's number.
'I'm home'
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