A/N: Wow! Thank you guys so much for your awesome comments! I'm really glad that you all like it so much; I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint! Thank you so much, Jett-Wolfe98, MustachioedMalignant, Pony, *blank*, WeAreTheOthers, and Oniongrass! You all make me smile with your happy comments! As usual, please comment and tell me how I'm doing!
Disclaimer: It just gets depressing having to constantly repeat how I am not the amazing Scott Westerfeld…
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-ALEK'S POV-
Why is Ado acting so strange? He seemed so flustered. Alek stared at the closed door. On the other side was Ado.
"Hello…oi, daftie!"
"Huh? Oh! Sorry, Deryn, what did you say?"
"I was just wondering how you and Adolf came to be friends. You said you never really had a friend, and I was wondering why you never mentioned him."
"We were never really close, but we gave each other someone to talk to, even if we never told each other everything. I consider him a good acquaintance, but neither of us regards the other as a best friend. It is nice, however, to see each other after years of separation is quite nice."
"Did you miss him?"
"I can't say that I have in these years, but now that I see him again, I think that I have, in some way, missed him."
-DERYN'S POV—
Is it strange that I feel…jealous about Alek and Adolf's relationship? I had thought that I was the first person to help Alek. I know it's daft of me to feel this way, but…I just don't want to lose Alek.
-ADO'S POV—
What's wrong with me? Why can't I just go in there and stop making a fool of myself? My fingertips still tingled from where they brushed her shoulder. I can't believe I was so stupid! But, are Alek and Deryn…together? No, it didn't really seem like that…yet. I just wonder what's going on between those two. I am simply concerned about their friendship. That's it. Nothing else. Ado took a deep breath before pushing the door open; he paused just long enough to hear,
"I don't know, Deryn, is it weird to miss the Leviathan? It was a home for both of us, for quite a while, too."
"I do miss it, but my secret was becoming a bit too known, and this is best. I did get to keep my best friend and I am not completely grounded. This is better than what might have awaited me." Ado looked in on Alek and Deryn sitting side by side with Alek's hand brushing Deryn's. Swallowing hard, Ado pushed the door, to ensure that it squeaked, before walking in on the two, now simply sitting at a comfortable distance. I hope to have a friend as close as that. Huh, I guess I am the one jealous of you, Alek.
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A/N: So…this turned out to be more filler than anything. Please don't give up on me!
