LETTERS

I don't own Dazzle. I would like to see more please though.

Chapter Four

Branowen pulled Heat to the couch and sat on his lap while the room turned back to me. Little Alzeid sat on my lap making the brother squirm. We both giggled. Together we lifted on the lid to the gift. Inside was a new winter coat that matched with the dress that I was wearing. I looked at Heat who shrugged.

"Dad do your thing now." Father moved over to Yokino.

"I know that we haven't know each other long. But I feel that we are close as two people can get." Yokino gasped at the box. Heat swore. "Will you marry me?" I saw her look at both Alzeids. I did notice that Alzeid glared at me.

"Yes." The room erupted in cheers. I quickly slipped to the back hall near the kitchen. I was hanging up the new coat. I was being watched so I put on the coat heading outside. My boots were so warm. The new falling snow was cool. Just want I needed.

"Why are you letting this happen. That woman killed her last husband."

"My father can take care of himself. If she does kill him then I will not let her get away with it and I will turn her into the police." I trudged to the fare side of the backyard. "I have a few questions for you."

"What can be more important than this?" I looked up at him from over my shoulder. "What is with that look, stupid woman?" That very second I hated him. I flattened him in one move that he wasn't ready for. "What the hell?"

"Why did you leave that message?" I was straddled over his waist.

"What message?" I punched him.

"You save me, kiss me and then leave saying that we can't be friends any more. Now you are suddenly back in my house kissing me again."

" I said that we can't be friends. What of it?" He flipped me on my back. "You really are foolish aren't you? Getting worked up over this." I flipped him then flipped up to my feet. Before he could get up I kicked his face. "What the hell?" Then he pinned me again in the snow. It hurt. We were not being very gentle with each other. "I said that we couldn't be friend any more because I want more. You are still jail bait. I will not pursue someone under age."

"Ass hole that doesn't meant that we can't be friends." I struggled but he had my legs pinned with his and my hands with one of his. He was using the other to not crush me. "It just means that it will be harder to control ourselves."

"What do you mean ourselves?" His hand pulled hair from my face. "Rahzel what are you talking about?"

"I love you dumb ass." That gotten to loosen up. It wasn't enough. "I have you for a while so it wasn't a silly girl crush. You didn't come see me off so I thought that you hated me. Then Heat said you didn't want to be friends again so a part of me died. I have spent the last few month training all the time so that I could kick your ass."

"You weren't ready then."

"Get off me bastard."

"Not until I am done." His eyes were suddenly softer. He looked more like Little Alzeid. "From the first moment that I saw you I knew that I was going to fall for you. It was these eyes. When you said that you were going to make my life less boring, I thought that you already had. Every time I had to save you I felt great that you needed me. When Dee poisoned you I thought that you were going to die. I knew that if you had I take Dee's head. I hated myself for that because it was my fault. Had I not told you to go away I would not have had to sit there in agony. When the Smelly Prince" My father made a disgruntled noise. "said that he was taking you home and you agreed I thought that you didn't want to have anything to do with me. That is one the reasons that I left."

"Alzeid." He got off me. Which was good timing my but was soaked.

"I am not done." He gave me a hand up. "I knew that it was safer here. However I was wrong." He turned to his brother. Everyone was standing on the back step. "I didn't think that I was the right person to protect you now that they were in the picture."

"Why didn't you think you could protect me?" He looked back at me. I was angry again. "We help each other Alzeid. That is the way our relationship works. Sure I get hurt but I always pull through. If I hadn't found you in that ally way I would have been dead long ago." I moved closer to him. "I said that you had a pretty face. I don't care where you got it I love it. It shows more than you think. People who know you like me and Heat know what you are feeling."

"What am I feeling now?"

"I can't put words to it." I moved some hair from his face. "It's the same look you gave me before you kissed me before. You didn't want my father to know that you wanted to kiss me then. There was concern then and now." His arm come around me. "I see fear, loathing, love. The look of a man thirsty on the ocean and I have fresh water for you. I am not sure I deserve that look. I just make your life exciting."

"You were always going to be my water." He whispered. That made me angry again.

"Then you didn't have to leave me. I have been worried sick about you." I pushed him back in the snow. "If you love me say it. If not I will just have to start dating the number of other guys that want me. Your brother, Kiara, Heat even."

"I do love you Rahzel but you have people around us that don't want us together."

"When has that ever stopped us?" He smiled. "The fates themselves could be against us and we would still find each other. There is something deeper than that between us."

"I love you." I turned away from him. "When I wanted to tell you I made a mistake I walked away. I am sorry."

"Do you swear to tell me what is in your head from now on?"

"Scouts honor."

"You were never a scout." I loved his smile. It just seemed never to stop today. I could get used to it. I put up my hand. He was being perfect but if he got to close to me I was going to forget everything in my head. "One more thing. Do you promise to write me all the time while you are on you journey."

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because any minute that you are away from me I will forget you. Friends don't write each other in times of need."

"We are not friends. You said so yourself."

"What would you call us?" He was so close it was hard to think smelling his cologne.

"We are not friends. We we are not lovers. You, yourself have said that I am too young. So I guess we are nothing." All the remaining color in his face fell. "I guess that makes us nothing. Well it has been nice knowing you but I need to be off. My family is freezing over there."

"Oh no you don't you stupid woman." I spun to hit hit but he caught my fist. "I will not let you tease me. You are my love so lovers count. Defy your father and come with me. We will leave tonight continue your education on the road."

"I am not staying for my father. Sure I felt guilty for it but I have 3 months left of school and I have all my credit and then some. If I finish high school I have money left to me from my mother. I was going to use that to hunt you down."

"The little princess really is a princess. Her father ran the town where Rahzel was born." Kiara piped up. "I never said that you can have her Alzeid. I was leading her to you."

"Well I am taking her. She is a woman. Her own woman."

"I named her she is mine." Alzeid pulled out his gun. "I will lend her to you until you are dead how about that?"

"Damn right."