Why is that trust is so easily broken, but so hard to gain?

I walked into the town Lalivero, calmly. What was I greeted by? Chaos.

As soon as someone spotted me, they shouted at the top of their lungs: "Lady Sheba has returned home!" The crowed went into an uproar. I was greeted by hugs and kisses on the hands. And this time, I wasn't in the least scared or surprised, because walking up to the gate and touching it had given me memories of this place. I felt comfortable.

An elderly lady came through the crowd. She was bent from years of hard work, but her voice was strong.

"Oy! Move out of the way! Let me get to Milady!" The other townsfolk moved aside.

The woman smiled at me and the smile lines around her eyes crinkled up. She took my hands in hers.

"My lady. I thought that I would never see you again. I am overjoyed that you're back. I'm sure Faren will host a festival in your honor. He misses you so," She said softly.

I winced when she said Faren. Now I remembered him, but before I hadn't. No doubt he would be bitter from our last meeting.

I nodded. "Thank you, Baya. Please my friends need a place to stay as well."

The woman looked at the others and nodded. "We'll take of that soon, but first you must see your father."

She led us through out town which took about an hour because I was constantly being hugged or greeted. When we finally got to the main home, I stepped up to the door and opened it a little bit.

A voice said, "Baya? Is that you?" I fully opened the door.

"No, Father. It's me, Sheba." I said. I felt Ivan's hand rest on my shoulder reassuringly. It did make me feel better.

Faren stood up and looked at me. He walked up to me and said, "How do I know that you're the Sheba I know? You gave me the cold shoulder the other day."

"I'm sorry about that. I finally figure out what's been going on. It seems that I've lost some of my memories."

After everything had been resolved, (Too many things to explain) a festival dance was announced for this night in my honor.

I was plenty excited about the dance, I only had one problem. I had nothing to wear.

"Don't worry. Baya will prepare something" Faren had said. I just hoped he was right.

A knock on the room door I was staying in. "Come in," I called. The door opened, and then shut behind the person. Baya had come in with a wonderful white knee length dress. It had a purple sash in the middle.

"This will be the dress you'll be wearing tonight." I took the dress and changed. Baya helped me tie the sash. I looked in the mirror and saw a small, thin, blond staring back at me. Her green eyes were excited and nervous. I smiled. I actually looked pretty good.

I opened the door and walked down the hall, then down the stairs, out the door and into the front yard. The others were standing there, all dressed up for the dance. Even Garet had combed his hair. (The only difference was that the spikes were slightly neater. That's not saying much. Trust me.) Ivan put out his arm for me to take.

"I'll be your escort tonight, Lady Sheba," he said winking at me. I smiled at him.

Garet sighed. "Too bad Fay isn't here. It would have been a real party if she were." The others started to shake their heads.

"Fay? Who's Fay?"

"Fay's my sister, and Felix's−" His sentence was cut short as he was frozen in another block of ice.

"Honestly, Garet. You need to learn to shut up," Mia murmured.

"Felix's what? Girlfriend?" Despite everything, I could feel those feelings of jealousy and insecurities building up again.

I looked at Felix, who was trying (and failing miserably) to seem interested in a plant.

"That's what you meant. You already had a GIRLFRIEND? What? Was I just a toy?" I turned and stormed back inside.

I heard Isaac say, "What are you waiting for Ivan? An invitation? Go after her, stupid!"