DG went into the bathroom and started the water. She felt much safer, knowing the power she was now capable of, and within a few minutes, she had settled into a hot bubble bath. DG closed her eyes, breathing in the lavender soap.
"DG." A woman's voice spoke. DG opened her eyes and turned her head to see a woman sitting at her vanity… but she could definitely see through the woman. DG blinked a few times and pinched herself nonchalantly to make sure she wasn't dreaming.
"Are you a ghost?" DG asked quietly.
"I'm a memory."
"Who are you a memory… of?"
"I am the memory of Adora Cain." DG sat up straighter in the water and felt her face flush.
"Oh." That was all DG could say.
"Glinda sent me to you. She tells me that you are in love with someone but you don't know it."
"I am?" DG retorted, confused.
"My husband has saved you many times, I understand."
"Yes…"
"Taken bullets for you, four in all."
"Um…" DG was feeling incredibly guilty.
"Dove into icy water to save you."
"He's… he's my bodyguard, he tends to get me out of sticky situations often…" DG looked down at her hands guiltily.
"And yet it hasn't occurred to you that maybe he loves you?" Coming from the wife of the man in question, this shocked DG.
"No… I can't say that it has. I guess because of..."
"Me? He has had his time to mourn."
"But…"
"DG. He doesn't know it, but I gave him permission to remove his wedding ring today. It's time. He knows he's feeling something for you, but he doesn't know what."
"Why did you come to me?" DG asked honestly.
"To make sure you know that it's okay to love him. You'll never remember ever having met me after this, but you must take action soon. He's not a young man, DG."
"I guess not…" DG couldn't even wrap her head around what Adora was saying.
"But he is your match in every way. After all, what age except…"
"Just a number." DG finished for her, nodding.
"Whatever you decided to do, DG, take care of him. He has as lot of life left."
"I will."
Adora's memory began to fade and she smiled at DG.
"Wait, Adora?"
"Yes?"
"Is he my 'One'?"
"Yes DG."
"Then… who was yours?"
"A man who died in battle before the Witch took power. He was a childhood friend of Wyatt."
"So… Wyatt," the name came so naturally to her tongue. "Married you to take care of you for his friend."
"Yes."
"Didn't you love Wyatt?"
"Yes, I did. But I loved him because he took care of me and because he was a loyal friend. I never loved anyone like I loved Anthony."
"DG? Are you okay?" Cain's voice came on the other side of the door and DG looked at the door, wondering how much he had heard.
"I'm fine, I'll be out in a minute!" DG called pleasantly. When she looked back to her vanity, Adora's memory was gone. DG only had a moment's confusion before forgetting she had ever seen Adora and she got out of the bath.
DG decided to experiment with her new powers. She closed her eyes and first concentrated on drying off. Next, she summoned a simple smoky blue velvet dress from her wardrobe, which appeared on the floor at her feet, folded nicely. She smiled and put the dress on. Next she picked up her brush and made a very daring move.
"Cain? Can you come in here and help me? Don't worry, I'm decent." DG's blush went unnoticed as he opened the door.
"What is it?"
"I need help brushing my hair, it's too long for me to handle." DG watched him clear his throat in the mirror and she handed him the brush. He took it and gently began brushing. "Thanks."
"Zero really has changed," He quickly changed the subject. "He took one look at Azkadellia and remembered how he had been in love with her before he was corrupted by the witch." DG was sure surprised.
"I didn't know Az and Zero had a thing…"
"Neither did I, but that's what Glitch told me. Speaking of Glitch, he's got his brain back."
"Really? Does he still misfire?"
"Very rarely, but if you get him on the topic of fishing, all he does is misfire…" Cain chuckled and DG smiled.
"Cain? Can I ask you a question?"
"Shoot." He stopped brushing and she turned around to face him. She didn't speak right away because she had to figure out the right way to say what she had to say.
"Were you in love with Adora?"
"I thought so, but I think I loved her because she was the mother of my son, not because I was 'in love' with her…" Cain couldn't believe he had just told her that, but the way her hair felt in his fingers was mesmerizing.
"Can I tell you something really personal?"
"Sure."
"I think I'm in love." DG moved almost unnoticeably closer to him.
"Is that why you asked me about Adora?"
"Yeah. I wasn't sure how to tell…"
"Tell that you're in love?"
"Yeah." DG moved even closer and he wasn't backing away.
"Do I know the guy?" Cain was staring right back into DG's eyes and both were hardly breathing.
"You do."
"Is it… me?" He whispered the last word as DG stepped so close that there was almost no space between them.
"Boy, you're good." DG whispered back and realized that if she just tipped her head up slightly, she could kiss him.
"That's funny." Cain muttered.
"What?"
"I think I'm in love with you too…" He admitted willingly.
"That's convenient."
"Mmmm…" DG made the first move, but Cain followed right along. She gently narrowed the gap between them and kissed him tenderly, bringing her arms up to rest on his chest between them. He put one hand on her cheek and the other around her waist. DG felt like her heart would burst and a single tear met his hand on her cheek.
"Are you crying?" He rested his forehead against hers.
"No, that was the only tear." DG smiled and kissed him again.
"Come with me, we've got a few things to tell your parents." He offered her his arm and DG took it, leaning her head on his shoulder, and followed him out of her room.
