Chapter 3

Written By,

Xanafan1500

Here I am. Finally, right? Well I hope you guys like it. I hope the divider shows up. I'm sure you noticed it has been in the other chapters. I'm trying to fix that.

(XxxxCornyxLuisxxxX)

"Was I too harsh?" I asked Ravus as I sipped warm tea from one of his dainty little tea cups.

The troll went about tidying up as I spoke, apparently sword lessons still went on with Val.

"Yes," he said simply. "I believe it is important to keep an open mind, which you my boy, did not."

"I did keep an open mind, Ravus," I said, getting up to help him put his desk back together. "I looked at the girl's picture." I knew looking at a picture did not an open mind make, but it was my only defense.

Ravus stopped to give me a disapproving look. "It was not necessary to yell about the place and leave your lover," he held my gaze as he talked. "Leaving caution aside, what do you really feel?"

I stopped to consider this for a moment. I loved Corny, and the girl's words and picture really spoke to my heart. I could almost imagine her voice, her smile.

But I could also imagine her hurt, alone and scared. Did these images come from my fear of knowing that Fey could easily take her, or, did they come from knowing this girl was an orphan, and needed parents?

"I-I don't know, Ravus," I told him, as I sat back down in the single chair the room had. "I want to, want a child, I really do. But what if she got hurt? My parents chose to have me and my brother in a world filled with faeries, look how that turned out."

Ravus sighed and knelt beside me.

"Child," he addressed me, "Every person, is born into a chaotic world. Everyone risks death everyday, some more then others. Bringing a child into this world is, yes, a very dangerous thing, but she would not be as alone as you were."

I looked down, realizing, he was right. She would have Me, Corny, Ravus and Val as well as Kaye and Roiben. Dave and I didn't have hardly anyone when our parents died.

"I think you're right, Ravus," I told him, perking up a bit. "Thank you."

The troll stood up again and got back to work. "You are welcome," he said, turning away to put a few bottles of Never on a small shelf. "Say, Luis, what is the girl's name? I believe you never told me."

"Her name is Hannah Marie Cole," I told him. "She reads our books and wants to be an author."

Giving me a slight smirk he told me; "For someone who didn't want to have the child you seem to remember her in great detail."

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When I walked into the house it was dark. I figured Corny must have gone to bed until I heard him talking in the kitchen.

"Hello?" I called down the hall, hoping he'd hear me and I wouldn't scare him when I walked in the room.

No reply, still talking.

I walked into the brightly lit kitchen and Corny sitting at the table and was on the phone amidst piles of paper.

"Corny wha-" I started when he shushed me.

"Okay Mr. Sayek, see you tomorrow. Bye." Corny hung up the phone and turned to me.

"Yes?" I asked under his stare.

"What do you have to say Luis?" he asked, rubbing his eyes. I sat down a prepared for a long talk.

"Well," I started, taking his hand and looking at him sincerely. "first I want to say I'm sorry. I acted like an ass tonight."

Corny made a face but squeezed my hand. "You should be sorry. Ass." he chuckled.

"What is all this? Who were you talking to?" I asked, gesturing to the pile of paper on the table.

"I-uh, looked up some more info on adopting teens and stuff," he said sheepishly. "I really want to look into being a parent, and I know you hate the idea of it-" I cut him off with saying: "I know, I know,"

"But I've done a lot of thinking about it and I talked to Ravus and I think it's worth talking about it. I mean she seems like a cute kid and besides we have a lot back up if anything goes wrong..."

Corny just stared at me. "What?"

"You?" he finally said with a slight chuckle in his voice. "You? Am I talking to the right person here? You are always so stubborn, I'm surprised, babe."

"Yeah, yeah. Don't count on me being like this always. I can't spoil you." I told him.

Corny kissed me then, and after that we found ourselves upstairs.

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