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Gregor watched this all play out in a mix of irritation and shock. Regalia was going to war again. What a nice time to come back. He went back to his room. No one followed him. Gregor sat on the bed there, to think things through for a bit. Why did she decide to do something like that? Didn't she get enough of that back when she was twelve. Gregor needed to go home. His parents were probably worried sick. He just needed to find out what Luxa had, so he could go home without having the worry on his mind. Luxa was probably with in the war room, making up some kind of strategy. Gregor needed to talk to her. He got off the bed and ran his hand through his hair as he walked out the door. He walked around. He was surprised how much things had changed. They had carved labels into the wall. In times of peace, who needs to be confused?

He passed the nursery, the bathrooms…He looked around, trying to find the war room, or at least hear their voices. Walking down a hall, he heard a voice. It was a boy..sounded like he was just a bit younger than Lizzie. He looked at the door, and in curved letters it read.

Hazard's Room

(Please Knock)

Gregor smiled as the memory of Hazard flooded his brain. The half-lander who was good at many different languages. He was talking to a man. He knocked hard on the door. Silence came from the other side as a boy opened the door a jar. The man smiled at Gregor.

"Hey, Hazard. Have you heard from the Overlander?" Howard asked the boy, whose head was turned away from Gregor.

"Howard, it's not even funny." Hazard sulked.

"It's not?" Howard teased.

"Besides, Luxa has grown such a hard heart. Even if he was here, it wouldn't matter because of the -"

"Yes?" Gregor said, pushing the door all the way open. Hazard turned completely around. His eyes bugged out of his head.

"OVERLANDER!" Hazard got up and through his arms around Gregor.

"Because of what, Hazard?" Gregor asked, hugging him back. He had gotten a lot taller. Hazard's grip lessened, and then he pulled away, somber.

"Oh, nothing. Luxa will tell you if she wishes you to know.'" Howard answered quickly and looked at Gregor. "Well, how has Gregor been?" He asked, raising himself to embrace Gregor. Gregor hugged him back quickly.

"I've been fine, what I want to know is what's going on with Luxa." Gregor said. "Everyone has been keeping this from me." Howard looked at Gregor and then down at the floor.

"If Luxa hasn't told you, I really don't want to be the one." Howard answered. Hazard looked down at the floor.

"It happened about a month ago. She-" Gregor looked at Hazard intensely.

"Hazard! Keep quiet about secrets, especially ones that are not yours to tell." Howard interjected sternly. Gregor sat down. He couldn't believe he could not find out what was going on with Luxa, why she wouldn't let him near her.

"I'm going to go home." Gregor said, then headed out the door. Hazard and Howard were about to stop him when Luxa and Vikus were walking passed the door. Luxa looked at him, and stopped. Their eyes met. Tension rose. Luxa looked at Vikus in a dismissing sort of way, but Vikus didn't seem to mind as he turned down a corridor.

Gregor looked up at Luxa.

"I'm going home, until tomorrow, I'll probably come back then." He said, Luxa looked at him and sighed.

"Gregor." She stopped him. "Come with me." She said.

She led him down to her room. She waited for him to walk in. Luxa shut the door.

She put her hands on his arm. Gregor looked at Luxa. He couldn't help himself. He ran his hands through her hair. She looked towards the floor.

"I need to tell you something. I know how you feel, how you have no idea what's going on. Well, Regalia is in the same state." Gregor put her hand under her chin, and lifted it, so there eyes were looking into each others.

"What's wrong, Luxa?" He asked. Luxa sighed as she watched his eyes try to figure out what was happening.

"Gregor...I have...cancer." She said.

XOX

Lizzie was playing "Go Fish" with Boots as their mother walked in the room. Lizzie looked up at her mother, trying to determine the emotion. Everything from the stress of moving to the annoyance of the stove not being hooked up yet was evident. Lizzie got up, gave Boots the cards and went up to her Mom.

"HEY!" Boots interjected, but picked up the cards and put them away.

"What?" Lizzie asked.

"Where's your brother?" Lizzie shrugged. And watched her mom walk out of the room.

Her mom walked in the kitchen. "Where's Gregor?" She asked their father.

"He went on a walk." He answered.

"YOU LET HIM GO ON A 'WALK"?" She shouted. Lizzie and Boots made their way to Boot's room. "A WALK? Like he's not going to the Underland!"

"Calm down, Mom, I'm right here." Gregor said, walking in. His mother ran over to him, hugging him tightly. "I...I brought a friend." He said. His mother backed up, looking at him suspiciously.

Luxa walked in slowly behind him. Her mother's eyes widened.

"You…brought…LUXA!" She said angrily. Luxa rolled her eyes.

"Nice to see you again too." Luxa said, looking around. "These Overland houses are odd...I mean...what's with the...is that a bare flashlight?" She said, pointing to a light bulb.

"Yeah." Gregor answered. "It's called a light bulb." He answered. She went to touch it, but Gregor grabbed her hand. "NO! It's hot." He said. Luxa scrunched up her face.

"Like the big ball in the sky? Why is it that light equals heat? You say you have scientist, do they know?" She asked, her eyes still squinting from all the light she wasn't used to. "And why do you need so much of it?" She asked. His parents stood in awe as the girl's eyes adjusted.

"Why is she here?" His father asked. Gregor looked up at them.

"She has cancer." He started. The Underland doctors don't know how to fix anything like that. I thought that our doctors would figure it out." He said.

"Did you take into account her skin, her eye color, her hair? The doctors wouldn't understand, they'd probably mark it down as a symptom. Why didn't you think this through?" His mother said. Gregor shrugged.

"We'll come up with something." His father answered. "She has given so much for us, for our children. I think helping her get better is the least we can do. We have an guest bedroom. She can stay there." Gregor smiled. She could stay! His mother looked like she had been petrified, but Luxa, and a bag of clothes, made there way around the house to find the guest bedroom.

On her way, Luxa stumbled upon Gregor's room. It was mostly empty, but he had a bureau and a picture. She walked in to get a better look. A girl...with long blonde hair was draped over him. She felt jealousy overcome her. She seen how pretty the girl was and felt her stomach lurch in the worst way possible as she wiped the tears of shock out of her eyes, frustrated with the emotion. Gregor was smiling, holding onto the girls hips, his face to hers.

"Hey, Luxa, the guest bedroom's th-" Gregor had walked in on her, and he seen her practically paralyzed on the spot, staring at a picture. Him and Melissa. He instantly became uncomfortable. "Luxa..." He started. He came closer, reaching out to her.

"Get away from me." She said, pushing him away, and running out of the room. She expertly ran into the guest room, shutting the door. Gregor sat on his bed, and looked at the picture.

He swore, got up, shut his door, and went back to his head. He picked up the picture. Melissa's memory was still in his mind. He loved her. It wasn't a joke. It had been two years. Two years of his life with a girl who simply reminded him of the real thing. Now, Luxa was a room away, and she had cancer. And now…she hated him.