Chapter 3
In Our Stars
He was beautiful. I don't care how cliche that sounds, because the truth is the truth. His eyes were as green as emeralds, and his face was as pure as snow. The most amazing thing about him though, was his hair. It seemed to reflect the moonlight as silver as it was, and I had to resist the urge to touch it. So here I was, knocked flat on my butt with a scraped knee and a aching backbone, and all I could do was stare at the gorgeous man beside me.
'Are you okay beautiful?' I watch his lips form as his eyes meet mine. I slowly nod yes, and his mouth slowly forms into a smirk. 'Good, I don't...what I would have...if I harmed your beauty.' This time I didn't catch every word, and his sentence was full of holes. I looked up at him inquisitively. He chuckled. 'Here,' he said, as he stood up and reached a hand out to me. I stared at it, afraid that this was all a dream, and that if I reached for him there would be nothing there to grab hold of. I pushed away my anxiety though, and put my hand in his. He effortlessly pulled me to my feet, the entire time wearing his smirk. 'It looks...haven't introduced ourselves. I'm Skye...stars.' I caught his lips form. What did he say about stars? And what did he mean he's a sky? I looked at him, confused before he asked, 'And what might be your name beautiful?' Oh no. How do I tell him I'm deaf? I haven't really ever had to, growing up in small towns all my life. If one person knew, soon enough the entire town knew. My lips had just parted and my hands just raised to start signing when apparently, the man heard something. He turned his body slightly and started to shift his eyes. I looked to where he did, and saw that the men had just started to leave the bar. 'Looks like I'm a bit pressed for time.' He said, and this time, I caught every word. 'But we'll meet again beautiful. It's in the stars.' He flashed me one last smirk before he quickly darted away, gone as quickly as he came. I stared after him, bewildered.
'Was this all a dream?' I thought. I looked down to my hand where the warmth of his still remained. No, he was definitely real. Real enough that my heart was racing with with no sign of slowing down any time soon. 'Who was that man?' I ask myself, as I finally make it to my farm. 'His words sounded so familiar...' I walked into the farmhouse, exhausted from the days events. 'It's in the stars...' my lips form, before reality hits me like a ton of bricks. 'That guy was the thief!' I ran to my bedside table, where the thief's note still remained. 'Phantom Skye,' it had been signed. How could I have been so stupid? 'That's probably why he was in such a rush. He'd probably just robbed someone else in the village.' Anger bubbles up inside me,and I'm so upset with myself I don't know what to do. The anger quickly turns into sadness, as I realized how much I did not want that beautiful man to be a thief. 'Beautiful or not Jill, he still stole your seeds.' I told myself. 'And you still need to get them back.' I sighed, not wanting to think about Skye any longer. I crawled into bed, shoes and all, and tried to talk myself into sleep. 'You're alright Jill.' I start, before I give up for the night, realizing just how stupid those words were.
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I awoke feeling pretty lousy the next day. If it wasn't for my animals, I probably would have stayed in bed from sun up to sun down. Beauty and Flower needed me though, so I forced myself out of bed and went outside, not bothering to change my clothes or brush my hair. As usual, both Beauty and Flower are happy to see me, but I just can't seem to find any joy this morning. Beauty pushes at me with his nose, his way of asking what's wrong. I smile slightly at him. ' Let's go.' I sign, before I push him outside. He hasn't had fresh air for days, and his gesture of kindness reminds me that I can't start to neglect him. I let Beauty roam free around the farm awhile, and watch as he runs around, stretching his legs after being cooped up for so long. I go into my house for a moment to grab something to drink, my mood increasingly better. I grab a bottle of water before deciding to straighten my house and myself a bit. I put on a fresh pair of overalls and redo my ponytail. After I looked much better, I began to tackle my house. It was long overdue for a cleaning, and before I knew it, I had been washing and scrubbing for hours. "Whew!' I sighed, looking around happily at my work. The tiny farmhouse looked much better, and I was proud of what had been done. I looked at the time. 'Wow It's pretty late. I need to bring in Beauty.' I grab the bell out of the toolbox and go out to find my horse. I shake the bell back and forth while I look around for him. He's no where in sight. I begin to shake harder and faster, and started to walk around, looking for him. 'Where is he?' I think frantically. He usually comes right back after I use the bell. He knows I can't use my voice to call to him. I raced around the entire farm, desperately trying to find him. 'He's not here.' I think, and I begin to shake. 'Calm down Jill.' I tell myself. He couldn't have gone far. I run out the entrance to my farm, still ringing the bell. 'Beauty?' I call in my mind as I search for him. 'Beauty?' He's no where to be found outside the entrance, and my heart begins to race faster. 'I should have never left him by himself!' I scold inside my mind. 'You're not like other farmers Jill. You can't be so careless!' I start to run again, using one of my remaining senses to find my horse. When I come up to a river, I see a path to a place I'd never been before. I race up it, still looking around for the lost horse. When I arrive at the path's end, I realize that I'm at a pond. There are sparkling lights all around, and there's a sense of peace there. Nothing was as calming though, as seeing my horse drinking out of the pond. My heart soars. 'Beauty!' I think as I rush up to him. I'm so elated and relived at finally finding him, I don't bother to watch where I'm going. In fact, I don't even realize I'm falling until the cold water of the pond hits my body, and I realize I'm going under.
A.N. The dreaded cliffhanger! Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This one was way longer, and we're introduced to 'the prince of the stars.' Which you should already know so, yeah. Anyways thank you so much for reading, and I hope to have the next chapter up soon. Thanks again!
-Goldengirl