The next morning I woke up to Poca's cooking, and I noticed Father was gone again, and got the chance to tell Poca of my vision-dream. She was puzzled by it well enough, and she listened, accepted that I should tell Grandmother Willow later today. We ate breakfast, and headed outside with Jicel and Flit following us. I didn't see Meeko anywhere, and presumed that he was out teasing Percy or snacking. I went to grab baskets for corn-picking as Poca was stopped by Nakoma, her questioning Poca suddenly, and I noticed Nakoma was quite concerned about Poca. I went to Poca, nudged her to get my baskets, and she smiled briefly, thanking me for saving her, and left into the cornfields. I sighed, looked at Nakoma. She raised an eyebrow at me, hands on hips.
"Nakoma, I appreciate that you want to keep Poca safe, but I have been with her in the past couple of days, and I have made sure that we were fine. We simply went to talk and canoe on the rivers. I promise, on my heart, that she is fine. And you know her too well. She's very adventrous and curious, yet she can be cautious and alert.". I sincerly said.
Nakoma looked at me, and sighed, "I just worry for her. She's my very best friend, and I do not want to see her hurt.".
I hummed and replied, "Do not worry too much. I know her too, and I love her, for she's my sister. And we will be fine.".
Nakoma nodded, and then replied, "I never got to thank you.".
"What do you mean by that, Nakoma?". I asked.
"You told your father that I had feelings for Kocoum and he listened to you, and talked to me later on that day while you and Pocahontas were gone. He spoke to me and Kocoum as well on our feelings, and we truly loved each other very much. That night, Kocoum proposed for my hand in marriage, and I accepted happily. I thank you for bringing me and Kocoum together, and I appreciated that very much.". Nakoma shyly, then happily replied. I widened my eyes in surprise. Oh, that was why Nakoma and Kocoum was outside that night. That explains the romantic moment. I can't believe it! I did it! I smiled, and nodded.
I happily said, "Oh, Nakoma. That is great news. And you are very welcome.". I hugged her gently as she returned the gesture. I pulled back, nodded, and asked if I could tell Poca too about the news. She said that I could. I grinned, went into the cornfields, and found Poca daydreaming as she was slowly picking corn into her basket. I grabbed my empty basket that was next to her, and nudged her out of the clouds, and excitedly told her of Nakoma's news. She was happy and smiling when she heard. We happily chatted on that topic and other stuff as we picked corn all morning to noon. I nudged Poca at the time of the sun, and she remembered the pre-scheduled meeting in Grandmother Willow's sanctuary. We quickly got the corn to the storage hut, and got freshly cooked corn into Poca's satchel that she received this morning from the longhouse. We swiftly went to our canoes, with Jicel and Flit one by one along.
We raced in fun and time, and my otter friends played with us along the way. We made it into the sanctuary in good time. We greeted Grandmother Willow happy and excited. We waited patiently for the boys as we chatted, and played with each other's hair. We heard them soon enough, their steps loud yet becoming more quiet. I hugged Thomas swiftly as Poca hugged John, and as we pulled out of the hugs, Poca offered to eat lunch. John and Thomas was curious of the corn we had, and cautiously tried it, and then came to say that they liked it. I smiled at Thomas's method of eating the corn. He was trying to eat it sideways. I chuckled as he clumsily tried to hold it. I then showed him the best way to eat the corn which was the middle toward the right or left, and he succeeded at it well. We chatted and laughed after lunch, and I noticed Meeko joining by.
Grandmother Willow was quite happy to talk, and we all chuckled or giggled at her jokes. All too quickly, the sun was heading down, and we planned to see each other again tonight or tomorrow morning. John was very gentle and longingly looked at Poca while I hugged Thomas. Suddenly I felt a kiss on my forehead, and I looked up startlingly at him. He looked scared, embarrassed, a light red blushing of his cheeks. I smiled, brought my right hand toward his left cheek, touched his skin right there, and I felt shivers as I looked at him, and he longingly looked at me. He leaned into my hand, and smiled, took my hand, kissed it by the knuckles, and left as John spoke, and they both went out, back to Jamestown. Whoa, that was quite sudden, yet I like it. Yes, I like it very much. Oh, spirits. I think I am in love already!