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Chapter 26
Later that day, Clarion woke up from her nap to see Milori reading.
"Thank you for letting me nap darling." She stood up and smiled. It had to be three in the afternoon, but they were still in pajamas. She walked over to see what he was reading and gasped. It was her confession book. She snatched it away from him.
"Ree?!" He asked in alarmed.
"Why are you reading my confession book?!" She yelled. He gave her a confused look.
"You told me I could! Before you fell asleep you said I could read it whenever I felt like it!" He yelled back. Her mad expression softened and Milori took a deep breath. "I'm sorry I yelled my love." He gently hugged her.
"I'm sorry too. I must have forgotten I gave you permission. Forgive me?" She asked sheepishly.
"Of course I forgive you." He kissed her brow easing all her worries. "Can we talk about some things though?" He led her to the couch and they sat down.
"What would you like to talk about?" She asked with uneasiness in her voice.
"Are you really this worried about being a mother?" He asked her quietly. She gave him a confused look so he began to quote the book. "You said 'I feel like Milori will be an amazing father, but I am so worried I won't be a good mother. What if I forget her somewhere or she cries and I can't make her stop. What if I become a horrible queen too?'" He stopped reading and looked at her.
"Oh…well yes. I do have those worries. Sometimes I have nightmares too." She looked to the ground. She felt his gentle touch and was pulled into a tight embrace.
"Ree…you will make an amazing mother. I know because I can see it in your eyes. Plus, you're already a mother to everyone in Pixie Hollow and the Winter Woods."
"Yes, but Milori, everyone else can take care of themselves. In five seasons we are going to have a helpless and defenseless baby to take care of."
"I know. It seems scary. I was scared when I first found out you were pregnant. But after a while I started to think of all the really amazing things this baby will bring us. And all the scary things just went away."
"What kind of amazing things?" She asked him, curiosity twinkling in her eyes. Milori smiled down at her belly and placed his hand on it.
"Things like story time or hearing him talk for the first time. Watching him take his first steps or watching him fly for the first time. Having to scare away the monsters under his bed, and tucking him in. Getting to hear someone call me 'dad'. And sharing all these little things with you." He wiped a tear from her cheek.
"You really look forward to those things?" She asked sniffling back her tears. He nodded. "I can't wait for those things either. Or when she wakes us up in the mornings. Or teaching her how to use her talents. I can't wait to find out her talent!"
"I bet he has all the winter and warm talents." Milori told her rubbing her stomach gently.
"You're probably right…it only makes sense since I have all the warm talents and you have all the winter." He chuckled lightly. He was glad she wasn't mad or upset anymore.
"But Clarion, if you have a nightmare or anything else related to this, please tell me. I want to be there to get you through this."
"I will Milori. Although I don't think I'm worried anymore." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for pointing out the bright side when all I saw were the clouds." She gave him a tight hug before resting in his arms. "Is there anything else you want to talk about?"
"Well, there was this one page…" He flipped to a page and Ree turned a dark shade of red. " 'Milori is so great in bed, but I wish-'" Clarion quickly ripped the page out of the book. "Ree! I didn't get to finish reading that one!" Milori tried to take it but she got up and flew away. He chased her around the bedroom until he caught her around the waist. He held her down to the bed. "Ok, give it." He held out his hand. Clarion was about to give it to him when she stuffed it into her mouth. She broke free of his grasp and ran off again. "Spit it out! Ree!" Clarion finally made it into the bathroom and locked the door. He heard the toilet flush and sighed.
"Just a page I forgot to rip out…" Clarion said as she walked out, her growing belly leading the way.
"What do you wish though?" Milori asked spanking her as she walked by. She rolled her eyes.
"Are you hungry? I'm a little hungry. Let's call Cassidy and she can bring us a snack." Ree quickly changed the subject.
"Ok…" He was slightly disappointed his wife wouldn't share. "How about we turn it into a game?"
"Go on…" He had her complete attention.
"We order a lot of different snacks and one of us has to guess what is what while blindfolded. Then we switch."
"That sounds like a lot of fun dear!" Clarion clapped her hands together. "You call Cassidy, I'll go wait in the bathroom." He nodded and called for the serving talent.
"How can I help you Lord Milori?" She asked after she bowed.
"Could you bring Queen Clarion and I some snacks. Many different ones as well." She nodded and flew off. A couple minutes later she returned with a large platter of food.
"Here you go Lord Milori. Is there anything else I can get for you?"
"No thank you Cassidy. Have nice afternoon." With that Cassidy flew off and Ree emerged from their bathroom.
"That's a lot of food dear!" She giggled. "Ok you go first!" She grabbed a blindfold and covered his eyes. She led him to their bed and they sat down. "Open up…" She had a sugar cookie in her hand. She fed it to him and he thought for a moment.
"Was that a sugar cookie?" He asked.
"Yep! You're pretty good at this darling!" They both laughed and she went on to feed him different foods.
"Was that pumpkin pie?" He asked after swallowing a bite.
"Yes it was…ok last one…" She held up a piece of chocolate cake. Milori smiled as he ate it.
"That was defiantly chocolate cake!" He took off the blindfold to see Clarion smiling.
"My turn!" He blindfolded her and started with an easy guess.
"That was a lemon drop cookie." She told him. He chuckled and she assumed she was right. She went on to eat strawberries, carrot cake, pretzels, blue berries, scones, and many other foods. She guessed them all as well.
"You are proving to be very good at this game my love." Milori said pulling her into his lap. She giggled.
"Thank you Milori." She tried to touch his cheek, but ended up stroking the air. Milori laughed. "Don't make fun…I can't see anything remember." She scolded him, or at least the spot she thought he was in.
"Alright love…let's see if you can guess the last one." She nodded and waited patiently. She suddenly felt Milori pull her closer and kiss her; his tongue exploring her mouth. She sat in shock for a second or two before kissing back.
"I'm not so sure what that was." She joked when they broke apart. She then dropped her voice to a whisper. "But I liked it." Milori kissed her again and she ran her tongue along his bottom lip. She slowly moved so she was straddling him. When she tried to remove her blindfold he stopped her.
"Wear it…" He whispered before kissing her sweet spot. Clarion gasped for she didn't see it coming. She reached for the bottom of his shirt and slowly pulled it up. His hands made their way up her dress as they kissed.
"Milori…" She moaned. "I love you."
"I love you too Ree." He whispered before lying down with her on top of him. They slowly undressed each other and made blissful love as the sun shined brightly outside.
"No…no…I said we needed thirty fireflies, not twenty." Sunflower sighed. She and the other ministers were in the summer glades trying to lead the other fairies. They just weren't listening, which was frustrating.
"I'm sorry minister…" Iridessa apologized. "I'll go get the rest…" She flew off with the other light fairies to go gather up ten more fireflies.
"How does Queen Clarion stay so patient with these fairies?" Sunflower asked shaking her head. The others shrugged and went to check the other preparations. They were flying by Havendish Stream when they heard screaming and shouting.
"What the-" Redleaf muttered as they saw all the fairies playing. They were having a water fight; splashing and throwing water at each other.
"Fairies!" Hythicath yelled. They all froze and looked to the ministers. They all had angry expressions on their faces. "With all the work that needs to be done, you chose to make a mess instead?!" He continued to yell. All the fairies cowered in fear. They had never been yelled at before.
"We're so sorry!" Tink whispered, although it was loud enough for them to hear.
"I'm very disappointed in all of you!" The minister continued in a loud and stern voice.
"Queen Clarion never yells at us…" Fawn whispered to Silvermist. They stood in the very back of the crowd.
"You are right." A voice came from behind them. It was Lord Milori's voice. He and Queen Clarion approached the scene.
"Queen Clarion!" Sunflower exclaimed. "You're feeling better?"
"Yes, much better in fact…" She squeezed Milori's hand and he smiled. "What is all the yelling?" She raised an eyebrow at Hythicath.
"Um…well…." He stammered under the queen's glare.
"They were yelling at us because we were having a water fight." Vidia told the queen and lord. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"I can tell." The queen chuckled as she gestured to the puddles of water. "None of you are in trouble. After all, you have been working hard on the preparations. Just remember to clean up before returning to work later."
"You aren't going to punish them?!" The minster of spring asked flabbergasted.
"No, I cannot punish them for something I use to do." She giggled. Milori raised a brow.
"You use to participate in water fights?" She nodded. "Water fights? My wife, the Queen of Pixie Hollow, use to play in water fights?"
"Yes…" She giggled again. The other fairies also laughed at the look of shock on the lord's face. Suddenly he smirked.
"You mean water fights like this?" He suddenly splashed her.
"Milori!" She shrieked. All the others laughed as they watched their queen give Milori a sly smile. "Fairies of Pixie Hollow…I think we need to teach a certain Lord of Winter a lesson in water fights!" Milori smirk faded into a frown as all the fairies cheered and began to throw water at him. It quickly developed into an all-out water war. Clarion splashed Vidia, who splashed Mary, who got Tink in the back. Tinkerbell then hit Sil, who dropped a whole bucket onto Rosetta.
"Ree…" Milori called her playfully. She turned to see a wave of water coming at her. Using her water talent, she stopped it and made it go back to her husband. He became drenched. "Water talent…queens have the water talent…"
"You bet!" She walked up to him. "Never pick a fight with me Milori." She joked. He rolled his eyes and picked her up. He carried her to the stream as she fought in his arms. He jumped into the stream causing a huge splash. Everyone stopped fighting to see who fell in. They all started giggling when they saw Queen Clarion walk out.
"Queen Clarion, watch out!" Fawn shouted. Clarion spun around to see Milori dump a big bucket of water on her.
"Never pick a fight with me either my love!" He joked. Hand in hand the walked out of the stream to the other fairies, who begun to sit down. They sat next to Mary and Vidia. Clarion looked around.
"My, my…we have a mess to clean up don't we?" Everyone nodded in agreement. With the help of Clarion, everyone used their talents to clean up the area.
"Best. Water. Fight. Ever!" Prilla yelled as she plopped onto the ground. Everyone else began to agree.
"Alright little ones, it's time to get back to work." Clarion announced as Milori helped her up. Everyone groaned.
"But Queen Clarion!" Prilla cried. Milori ruffled her pink hair.
"We can have another water fight soon…or maybe a snowball fight in winter?" He looked to Clarion.
"That sounds like a splendid idea!" She declared. "But for now, you all have to get to work. Summer needs to be delivered on time!" All the fairies went back to work as Milori wrapped on arm around Clarion's waist.
"I didn't know my wife could have that much fun with her fairies!" He laughed. She followed along. Mary and the rest of their friends approached.
"How would you guys like to join us for dinner?"
"We loved to!" Milori told the tinker.
"Ok, see you guys at five!" With that they all headed back to work. Milori and Clarion went to the meeting room; they wanted to have a chat with the ministers.
"Minister of spring, you should know better than to yell at the fairies. They work even worst when they are scared." Milori scolded the minister.
"And that is not how I want my fairies to feel. I will not stand for a single fairy or sparrow man to feel unsafe, scared, threaten, or upset on any levels." Clarion continued for her husband.
"Queen Clarion, they wouldn't listen at all to us. How do you make them listen?" Sunflower asked.
"You have to listen to them first. Then they will listen to you." Clarion told her. Sunflower huffed.
"That's what we were doing!" Clarion shook her head at the response.
"Then you must stay patient. I highly doubt anyone will listen to you all for a few days. You've given them no respect, so they won't respect you." Clarion informed them. "Tomorrow I will run the preparations. You all will watch."
"Yes Queen Clarion." They all replied, heads hung down in shame.
"Meeting dismissed." Lord Milori said sternly. The minister got up and left.
"I can't believe we have to train again…" Snowflake grumbled as she flew out the door. When they were gone Clarion looped her arm with Milori's and they walked to the diner.
"I'm glad we aren't eating with them tonight." Milori told her as they sat down.
"Agreed." She gave him a kiss on the cheek as he pushed her chair in. A few moments later Ro and Sled were seated.
"Clarion, I can't believe you joined the water fight today!" Rosetta exclaimed.
"I had no choice after someone splashed me." She shot a glare at Milori. He looked around confused before pointing at himself.
"Me?"
"Yes you." Clarion jokingly punched him in the chest. Everyone laughed as the rest of their friends arrived. They talked, laughed, and ate. They stayed all the way until closing talking about the events of the day and planning a future snowball fight. They all waved good bye and headed home, crashing into bed after a long day.
"Milori…" Clarion whispered as they cuddled.
"Yes my love?" He rubbed her back lovingly.
"I had a lot of fun today. Thank you for letting me stay home." She kissed his lips gently. "I love you."
"You're welcome, I had fun too. I love you so much." He kissed her lips again. "Sweet dreams darling."
"Yes, sweet dreams."