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Light at the End of the Tunnel

Confessions Deferred.

Namine's slowly peeked from behind her heavy lids. She tryed to move but something was holding her down. Namine heard a soft moan as the memories of the night before flooded back...

"Namine?" A small voice could be heard through the thunderous clap and the loudly beating rain that fell onto Namine's balcony doors. Namine slowly observed her dark room half knowing who was calling out to her. A flash of bright, but quick light illuminated her room and she saw a small figure comming towards her. "Namine? Are you awake?"

"Alura? Are you ok?" Namine now sat up in the middle of her kings size bed, as the neon green satin sheets slid from her almost naked form. "Baby Girl?" She questioned again as another loud boom shooke the strong foundation of the house once again. The noise caused Alura to leap into Namine's arms, muffling her frightened sobs in the nape of Namine's neck. All Namine could do was wrap her arms around the smaller frightened older women like she does on any night, when the storms from the ocean become vilently loud and earth shakingly stong. "Baby Girl, It is ok. Just like any other storm. Nothing to worry about I have you now." Now stroking her silky back reveiling to Namine that Alura only had on a sateen very short, very reveiling teddy. "Why must she always come to my bed like this?"Namine wandering knowing she had to stand and go do something. "But what?" She thought again. Thats when another flash of light illuminated her room showing the door still was slightly open. "Yes!" She exclaimed in her mind.

Namine then stood up from her bed, reveiling her long legs. He night gown was anything but a gown. Alura blushed, her eyes following the lenght of the women that stood before her. She always loved Namine in viberant colors but the pale color of the pink, silk nighty that she wore tonight made Alura gaze at the beauty, who looked to be an Angel. The nighty stopped right at the top of her long legs, reveiling the curves of her behinde. "Namine?" Alura question her, with a sight panick in her voice, as she continued to walk across the room.

"I am just closing the door. You didn't close it all the way when you came in." With that Alura curled up on the side of the bed she always took on nights like tonight. Knowing Namine was there she didn't feel so frightened anymore. Namine made her way back to her bed in the dark with the flashes of the lighting to guide her way. She climbed into her bed and rolled facing the smaller womens back. "Alura?"

Alura smiled at hearing her name on her lips. "Yes, Love?"

"Will it always be like this for us?"

Puzzled Alura turned to face the red-haired women lying next to her. "Be like what?"

Namine paused at the question she just asked. "I mean... Um... Best friends." Her heart dropped.

"Yea, sure we will..." Alura's heart also dropped at hearing them words. She started to turn to face the balcony door so she could just close her eyes and fall into her once sweet dreams that she was so violently awakened from, due to the storm outside.

"Alura?" Alura froze in place. Namine wandered what was wrong with her Baby Girl.

"Yes." Alura words were no louder then a whimper of a helpless abandoned puppy.

"Come here." Namine beckoned her with her arms open. "I hope she won't hate me for this." Namine's fears kept echoing in her head.

Stunned by what Namine just offered, Alura just lay there still. Not Able to speak. "Am I dreaming? Did I fall alseep that quickly?" Alura's thoughts were raging, meeting the demands of the raging storm outside the window she now looked towards.

"You don't have to if you don't want to. I will understand. I was just..." Namine's words trailed off as the smaller girl moved closer to the red-head beside her. "I was just, I want you to feel safe." Namine finally just changed what her heart was screaming at her to reveil.

"I always do when I am around you." Alura's heart beat faster as she realized the words that spilled from her lips with no control.

In the darkness of her room, Namine looked around. Alura had fallen asleep about an hour ago but Namine's thoughts kept her awake. She peared down at the girl molded next to her body. There skin touching, from the top of her neck all the way down along her naked form. She smiled at the thought of the half dressed beauty laying so close to her and begun to feel a strong desire to always keep her safe. "I love you, Alura." Stroking her short, fallen dark strands of hair from her peacefully sleeping eyes. "More then you will ever know. I will never leave your side..."She trailed off sighing as the sleeping girl snuggled closer to her own naked flesh. Namine's hands ran the length of the women's back, She heard Alura let out a small sigh and froze. "Is she awake?" Namine thought. Alura didn't move from her postion. Namine smiled as she sighed in relief. "I found my destiny." Namine sadi aloud before drifting off to sleep.

Revisting her memories made her think to herself. "Am I setting myself up for disaster?" Looking down at Alura who was still sleeping soundly, molded next to her own body, with her head laying on her shoulder. "Alura." Namine said quietly hoping she wouldn't akwaken. She layed there just stairing at this womens face. A women she has known most of her life since childhood.

"I love you, Namine." Alura said dreamily.

Namine still examined her face wandering if she heard what she thought she heard. But the women bofore her was still sleeping. "Is she dreaming?" Namine thought. "Better yet why is she dreaming of me?"

"Namine? Don't you love me too?" Alura stated again now with her eyes slightly open.

Namine breathe quickened and thought her mind to be playing tricks on her poor heart. "I have always loved you." Namine said with a faint whisper, fearing to be completly heard. "What is she is not really awake?" Namine feared.

Alura smiled to herself, only seconds later did she realize what was actually going on. Her heart raced. She pretended not to hear and pretended she did not just ask her if she loved her. She yawned and looked into Namine's deep green eyes. "Good Morning, Love. Thank you for letting me sleep in here." "Maybe she won't say anything." "Sorry I slept so close to you last night." Maybe she couldn't avoid what just happened but to her surprise Namine just smiled.

"Can I get up now?" Namine asked causeing Alura to turn a crimsin red. Alura moved off of her. "And don't worry about it 'Lura. It's queit all right." She smiled as she dissapeared into her bathroom, not bothering to close the door.

Alura sat on the bed looking toward the open bathroom door. "I wander why she didn't say anything? She said she has always loved me... Does she really love me?" Alura swung her feet over the edge of the bed ready to stand when she heard a knock at the door. She stood and walked to the door and opened it. "Good Morning Luana. What is it you need?"

Just then Namine Emerged from the bathroom. Looking towards Namine, Luana said. "Miss, I wanted to remind you you have to go to that meeting today."

Walking towards the closet she looked over at Luana in the doorway. "Yes, I know." With that Luana walked away and Alura closed the door. "Alura?" Pausing from looking for soemthing desent to waer today and looking at Alura.

Alura stopped in her tracks looking towards her. "Oh, God. She is going to say something about it. I almost got away with it." She finally got enough courage to reply with a simple, "Yes?" Not meeting her eyes.

"Are you ok? I feel like the storm really got to you last night? You were trembling when I wanted to hold you. And when you didn't say anything I felt you were nervous of something? Why does thunderstorms bother you so much?" Namine stated wishing she hadn't brought up the fact that she had wanted to hold her. "Why couldn't I of said 'asked' or just not even said anything at all." She was yelling at herself with-in her own thoughts.

"I was trembling because you wanted to hold me." Alura thought to herself. "It just woke me out of a dead sleep and I was having a horrid dream." She lied. Well half lied, the storm really did wake her. With a smile she walked towards the door. "I will leave you to get ready. Hope the meeting goes well. Good luck, Love." She ducked out of the room before Namine could ask anymore questions. "That was close." With a sigh of relief she went next door to her own room.

"She sure is acting strangly this morning." Namine stated aloud, still looking through her clothing that hung in her closet. Fingering through them she finally deciding on a black skirt that fitted her snuggly around the hips and only fell halfway above her knee. She paired it with a deep red, silky tank top under a black, ladies blazer. She slipped her stockings on and went to her closet to find the proper shoes. Namine grabbed a pair of black four inch heels that had a cute bow on the back of the strap that wrapped around the ankle. "I don't know how women can..." Her thoughts trailed off as she realized something. "Wait. Why did Alura change the subjet? Was she really trembling because she was embarresed and didn't want me to hold her?" Namine said aloud. Her heart sunk, but she decided she had to move on and just get the day over with. She didn't care to think about it anymore.

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In the bedroom next to Alura's she was silently cursing herself. One because she ran off without telling Namine her real reason behind the trembling and two because Aiden had caught her in a most reveiling teddy. "Why didn't I escape through the door connecting our rooms?" She thought. "Why?! Because your a damn fool!" She yelled in her own room. Looking around she just sighed then walked towards her own closet to get dressed. So she could go down to eat and just go out for the day. "Maybe I will spend my day at the park after I get off." She thought to herself as she pulled on a orange halter sun dress over her small frame. "Now where did I leave my favorite shoes?" She asked herself aloud while looking all around for her favorite pair of white open toed, five inch heels. "Aha! There you are." Now speaking to her shoes, as she slid them onto her feet and tying them almost halfway up her calf.

Looking in the mirror one last time at her flawless form she smiled. "I wish I could tell you I have loved you all my life too." Flattening the fabric over her torso she turned and exited her room.

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"Morning 'Lura!" Michiru's Excited voice proclaimed. Everyone looked up as she walked in.

"Hey, Alura." Haruka looked up from the paper she had been reading.

"Sleep well?" Aiden asked with a smile.

Knoel smakced Aiden in the arm. "Be nice, you know she doesn't like storms." Looking over to Alura with an apollogetic expression. "Sorry about him he has no manners." Gaining a laugh from Alura, he resumed eating.

"Good morning everyone. And Aiden I slept very good actually." "Very good indeed. I haven't slept that good in years." Smileing to herself she got some pancakes that Michiru made. "Hey Michi?"

"Yea" Michiru said looking up from her gaze across the table, with that ever so pleasent smile on her face.

"What's up this morning? You are even chipper then you normally are.

Michiru looked over towards Haruka with a gaze as if pleading with her to reviel something. Haruka nodded. "Well I want to wait until everyone is in the same room." She beamed.

Just then Namine came into the room. "So now everyones here." Looking around making sure her statement was true. "What is so important?"

That's when Michiru flashed her hand and exclaimed. "Haruka asked me to marry her last night!!!"

"Well Its about damn time." Namine smiled, nudging Haruka.

"Congradulations! Guys. I never thought you would get her to do it." Knoel said winking at Michiru.

Aiden beamed another one of his sly smiles. "Well that explains all the extra noise I heard comming through the walls last night."

"Aiden!" Everyone but Alura and Haruka who was now a crimsin color, yelled. Alura was too caught up in her own thoughts to of even heard what was said.

"She looks so beautiful today." Alura smiled engrossed in her thoughts.

She didn't stay lost in them too long because Namine got up from the table quickly after looking at the clock above the bakers rake in the corner of the kitchen. "I have to go. I am going to be late." She walked over to Alura kissed her on the cheek and went for the door. "Oh, Shit! My plate." She spun on her heels and started towards the sink.

"I got it, Love. I don't have to go to the center until one today."

"Thanks Baby Girl." Planting another kiss on Alura's cheek she hurried toward the fowyer. "Bye everyone. I will be back about three thirty." She yelled standing at the door.

"Good Luck!" Knoel yelled.

"Yea, Good luck!" Haruka and Michiru said simutaniously.

"Whatever you do DO NOT take your blazer off! Well maybe you should It will sweeten the deal!" Aiden said with a laugh.

"Thanks guys and Maybe I will it is a bit warm today." Namine said with a laugh in her voice. "Ok, Now bye guys. See you later Alura."

"Bye, Love. Get going or you will be late it is quarter 'til twelve now!" With that Namine closed the door and got into her car and drove off.