OK, big thankyous and hugs to the three people who reviewed, LolaStarz2010, little-witch14 and the cats mother, the thing about fishing actually inspired me for a one shot that I will dedicate to you, so a big thankyou to the cats mother!
As a reward for reviewing, here is a one-shot about Ash returning that even made my cold-hearted sister go, 'awww!'
Disclaimer! I'm not L.J. Smith! I'm Shakespeare back from the dead!
Enjoy!
It was mid-August. And Mary-Lynnette was sitting on an armchair in Rowan, Kestrel and Jade's living room.
Jade kept looking around and grinning randomly. Her phone beeped and she giggled manically, Mary-Lynnette gave her a look that screamed 'you're crazy', Mark just gave her one of pure affection.
Jade checked her phone, text back, and slumped in her chair.
"Why aren't you outside, Mare?" She asked. "It's a cloudless night tonight."
Mary-Lynnette looked startled, her sisters didn't exactly encourage star-watching. They said it was unhealthy.
"Okay." She said slowly, and made her way out the door and to her favourite spot. Jade was right, it was a cloudless night.
She laid on the hard ground and stared at the stars. Their dots seemed to connect with each other and form words.
'Ash'.
Mary-Lynnette rubbed her eyes and looked again. The words were gone. But the thought of him wasn't. The image of Ash that Mary-Lynnette had fought to keep away from her conscious thought, came to the front of her mind and stuck there.
When did I last see him? She thought to herself. August 13th last year.
She sat up suddenly, August 13th? That's today. He promised he'd be back in a year. Is he here?
She brought the soulmate bond to the surface of her brain and looked for Ash's whereabouts. There it was, he was hiding in the bushes about 10 metres away. Watching her.
She smirked, he hadn't noticed her probing his location. So she'd let him make the first move. He seemed to have planned this.
She lay back again, basking in her soulmate's closeness. She had missed him. She had pushed his image, her memories of him, and the soulmate bond to the back of her mind. So the loss of him wouldn't drive her crazy as it did for the first few weeks of his absence.
Suddenly, a bout of drowsiness made its way to her, and she fell asleep under its warm blanket.
She dreamed, she dreamed of a knight, a dragon, and a princess. The knight slayed the dragon and made his way to the princess. He swept her into his arms and said, "I missed you my love, my one and only."
A voice came through the princess's mouth, it was Mary-Lynnette's voice. "I missed you too my knight."
The knight smiled and removed his helmet, revealing smoothed back ash blonde hair and a wide grin. "I love you Mary-Lynnette."
The princess's face became hers and Mary-Lynnette felt herself waking up.
"Ash?" she called out blindly, now her deprivation of him returned without coherent thought, she forgot he was in the bushes. Tears ran down her cheeks.
Suddenly, her love appeared next to her. "Mare," he crooned. "I missed you so much."
She flung her arms around him and hugged him with earnest.
"I love you! I love you! I love you!" she cried.
His arms tightened around her as he whispered in reply, "I love you too Mare, here I am, your knight in shining armour… here to rescue his princess."
Some more ideas would be amazing! If you inspire a chapter I will dedicate it to you!
