Oh my gawsh!! I'm SO sorry that I haven't updated in a long time! Well, not that long, but long enough to bother me telling myself, I NEED to update Fate! Well, anyways, it's here and I CAN'T WAIT to write the next chapter! Please R&R!
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Laine's POV – Fall 20, 6:00 AM
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
I woke up lying on top of someone's warm body. Looking up, I saw Skye sleeping soundly, not even disturbed by the alarm clock. I was sleeping in the crook of his neck. What had we done last night?
I peeked under the covers and sighed. I still had my clothes on except my shorts and Skye's shirt had been ripped off.
"Hey, Sleeping Beauty, wake up." I kissed one of cheeks lightly.
"How could we move that kiss a little to the left?" Skye said without opening his eyes.
"You get up and brush your teeth first." I said, smiling and he growled.
I got up from the bed and picked out my clothes.
He opened one of his eyes. "Where are you going, honey?" He asked playfully.
Oh, goddess. Now he did it. He was making me blush furiously.
He put his hand up to the back of his head. "You're cute when you blush." Which made me even blush even harder.
"I-I'm going to the…Hot Springs." I stuttered.
"You're cute when you stutter, too. You know, I could find a million things on how you are cute."
I was annoyed now even with the compliments. "I'll go now."
"You're cute when you're mad! You're cute with your hair down! You're cute when you're sleeping! YOU'RE EVEN CUTE WHEN YOU EAT!" He yelled as I slammed the door. Goddess, that boy…
Anyways, today was a bright day, so that means farming, farming, farming! Ugh…
I have to cut down some of my destroyed crops from the hurricane, pull the many weeds that grew during it, and sheer and milk my animals. So…I'll do ALL these things before I take a bath because I'll be very sweaty after. Why…?
Three Hours Later…
AARGH! I was STILL working and only half was done! I was so tired…
Just then, Skye came out of my house.
He made a tsk-ing noise with his tongue.
"You overwork yourself to mach, darlin'." How would HE know…? Wait, darlin'?! "Look at you! Your face is so red and your sweat is dripping down your face! Hai…" He picked me up bridal style, but I was too tired to care.
"Where ya takin' me?" I murmured, trying hard not to fall asleep.
"The Hot Springs." He said faintly.
Skye's POV
Oh, great. Laine had fallen asleep in my arms. What were people going to think of her? She shouldn't be shamed for my deeds…! Now why was I talking like a medieval person? I must be so delusional from last night… As I was saying, she shouldn't be caught with a thief like me! Even if I had went to some…festivities…with her.
Well, anyways, we had reached the bathhouse without my knowing, but Laine hadn't woken up yet!
"Laine, wake up." I shook her a little.
"Mmh…leave me alone." She mumbled.
"Laine, we're here at the Hot Springs… Or do you want me to throw you in with your clothes on… Better yet, do you want me to undress you?" I smirked.
"I'M UP! I'M UP!" She shrieked.
"Thank you." I said sweetly and kissed her on the forehead. "There are some old bathing suits in my OLD house." I still had no intention of leaving.
"Why do I need a bathing suit when I'm going alone?"
"Who said?" I fumbled to remember which key went into which lock.
"Whaat?! I thought you had a bathroom!" She yelled.
"Why would I need one when the Hot Springs are just over there?" I unlocked the door and saw that all my stuff was still in its place. I pointed to a box labeled BATHING SUITS.
"That's for you." I went to my own closet and got my black swimming trunks.
"Meet you there." I said with a wink and for some reason that made her blush.
A few minutes later…
"Ooh, nice choice. That one's easy to unlock." I wolf whistled.
The blood rushed to her face. "The other ones couldn't fit me, so don't get smart with me mister!!" She wore a pink and white polka dot…bikini! Ooh, was I in luck TODAY!
"That's what you get for being so short." I said with a singsong voice.
"Are you insulting me—"
"Come on, Laine. We're in the HOT Springs…alone…together…with you in a bikini. Don't you see what is going to happen? Sometimes I can't help myself." I edged closer.
But she didn't blush like she usually did. Instead, she returned me with the same flirty way.
"You've got a good body, Steiner." I felt my face flush slightly. She ran her long fingers over my chest. Her touch sent shivers up my spine. "You've gotten tan than the pale and sickly thing you were when I first met you. You don't need me anymore."
Laine was scaring me now. "Wha?"
She put one finger up to my mouth. "Shh. I know I'm right. Just…leave me alone, okay? I can take care of myself." She started to walk up to the changing room. My arm went up involuntarily and I pulled her leg back so that she fell back with a splash.
"Damn it." I whispered. I pulled her up from the bottom of the water.
The look she had on her face scared me. But…wait! Why was that look curling a smirk? Suddenly, I felt a splash of warm water drench my face.
I sputtered out, "What was that for?"
"You know what you did." I heard her say as I wiped my face.
I growled at her. Instead of a kiss, I got a squirt in the face.
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"I'm going to beat you, Steinerrrrrrrr! Ahh! What…are…you…doing?" She said between laughs. We were done changing and we were heading back to her property.
"What does it look like? I'm tickling you!"
"In…the…middle…of…the…road? AAH! That's my weak spot." Guess what her weak spot was? Her armpits!
"You're so weird, Laine." I planted a kiss on my lips and picked her up. "But you're my weirdo!"
When we arrived back at the farm, I told her that I would do the rest of the work for her and that she needed to rest. No matter how much she argued I wouldn't give in. I knew she couldn't resist me. She decided to invite Lumina and Celia over.
Yes! Now I could hear what she says about me to her friends!
They talked about stuff I didn't want to hear, about Celia and Mark or whatever his name was. Then they talked about the party. Then the wedding. Come on! When are they getting to the good stuff?
Finally, someone asked Laine why was I here. That's it!
Laine's POV
"Why is Skye here, Laine? I thought you didn't like him!" Lumina teased. I threw a piece of popcorn at her.
"I do like him! It's just…" I trailed off.
"Just what?" Celia asked.
"Just that…I want him to propose to me! He keeps saying, 'I love you, Laine.' But how do I really know? I just want that one thing." I hugged my knees.
"You want your own Blue Feather? Why don't YOU propose?" Celia asked the same question they asked Lumina on the night I…got…tipsy.
"Well, just like Lumina, I want to know if he REALLY loves me first. And it's tradition back home that the guy proposing to the girl. Not like here where both male and female could propose." I explained.
"And what do the guys propose with back at New York?" Lumina asked. "A Blue Feather, too?"
"No…" I sighed heavily. "Guys propose with rings to show the everlasting bond between the two. When I was a child, I always dreamt that I would have a ring like that… Now? I don't think so." I sighed for the second time.
Suddenly, I snapped my fingers. "Speaking of giving, I've got to give something to Nina. I'll be back in ten, fifteen minutes. Stay here."
I ran out to the direction of the beach, picking through the things in Rucksack to make sure that I had some Orange Grass that she had requested me of, at the same time. I felt a pair of arms wrap around my waist. "Skye, I thought you—"
The voice that responded wasn't Skye's, though. It was Daryl's.
He put a potato sack around my head and I felt myself being carried swiftly. After a few minutes, he removed the sack from my head and I looked around the cluttered room.
"What do you want with me?" I cried.
Instead of answer, he slapped me across the face. "You NEVER say anything until I tell you to."
I cried of embarrassment. I cried of loneliness. But most of all, I cried because Skye wasn't here to protect me. I let the hot, salty run down my face.
"Now…I'll give you that answer. I need some pure blood for my beautiful mermaid, Leia." I heard a blood-curdling, sickening scream come from the basement.
"You hear that? That's her. If she doesn't get blood soon, she won't get better. You are the only one her with that kind of blood. I understand that you have the gift of the voice of angels?" I left that question unanswered.
In one swift move, he whipped out a needle. "You are going to give me some of your blood, now."
"And what if I don't let you?" I braced myself for another hit. But none came.
"Everyone that you love will be killed." Pictures came up on the screen. A picture of the basement of my house and one of the basement of the house in New York. Pieces of dynamite were strapped tightly to the floor. "In one press of the button, everything in its path would be destroyed. And if you try to mess with one of them, it'll explode, too. So…what's your choice?"
"This is not their problem, but mine! Let them go, please." I begged.
Another scream rang out to my ears. "Do you think I want to lose her, or listen to that every minute of my life? Oh, yes. You cannot proclaim your love to Skye, either."
Those were the worse sounds I've ever heard, even with the screaming.
Well, I know you all hate me now, because now, Laine couldn't say, "I love you" to Skye. Please review!!