Scene 3- Fathers and Blind Boys

Scene 3- Fathers and Blind Boys.

Zed breathed in the icy air. It felt good to expand her lungs. Her senses were being hyper tonight. She could hear her blood flowing through her veins, hear her heart beat, hear her feet pound the pavement. The chilly air kept Zed from overheating.

Her now extremely sensitive hearing caught the noise of someone walk towards her. Zed slowed down and started panting for breath. When the footsteps got close enough she straighten up. She had recognized the footsteps.

It was Steelbeak Spryte. Her adopted father and janitor of the local grade school. He was wearing his normal clothes, plus a multi-colored stocking cap Zed had made last Christmas. Steelbeak was one of the Avian people. The Avains were huge sentient birds. Steelbeak was a rooster. His name sake glinted in the street lights. He had a tired depressed expression.

"Hey Dad." she whispered. She knew that look. He's latest attempt to get a girl had failed miserably.

He glanced up and grinned weakly at her. " 'Ello Zeddy-goil. Hows yourse' friends."

"They're alright. Who was she?"

Steelbeak laughed. "Youse knows me too well, kiddo." he teased.

"Who was she?" Zed repeated.

Her father sighed and rubbed his metal beak. "What does it matta?" he asked back.

"Father!" Zed yelled, "Why do you keep seeing Ammonia?"

"Moni's da only one whose can stand being round youse." was the answer.

Zed blinked back tears. Like always her dad was thinking about her. "Dad. You don't have to get me a mom. I'm happy with just you."

Zed barely kept the tears from falling as her father hugged her tight.

"Its okay, kiddo. I'll be al-right." With that he lightly kissed her check. Then he resumed walking to the grade school. "I still gotta clean da schoo' though. See youse laterrr."

"Later dad." Zed whispered as her father faded from sight. Sighing she lend against the wall. Who was she kidding? She desperately wanted a mother. Always had, always would.

With another deep sigh, Zed started jogging again. She hadn't gotten more then five steps when she saw The Boy. He was dressed in a simple pants, belt, long sleeve shirt, plus an over coat. He was color coded in brown. He had brown hair, matching his brown clothes. The only color was his green hat, red gloves, pale skin, and pink eyes.

Zed blinked at him. She hadn't noticed the boy till now.

"Hello. I'm Zed. Who are you?" she said.

The boy looked up and gazed at Zed.

"Dite. The new botanist teacher would be good for him." The buy said. He had a nice tenor voice. Soft and smooth sounding. It made Zed's back tingle. Zed vaguely noticed Dite wasn't looking directly at her. He was looking in the direction of her voice.

"Huh?" the green haired woman said. Dite grinned in response.

"Professor Regina Bushroot. She's nice. Just arrived today. Along with Mr. Lilium , Ms. Xelgara Rivel, and me. My full name is Apadites St. Centuria. Silly name, right? Regina would probably like your dad. Want to put them together? Whatta say, Zeddy-goil?"

She flushed in anger. How dare he. How bloody dare he. The BASTRED!

"Don't mock my fatha's ac-cent!" Zed half screamed her own accent coming out, "Just because he's an A-vi-an doesn't mean youse… youse… joiks can mock him wheneva youse pleese!

Dite blinked and seemed to shrink farther into his over coat, "I wasn't. I'm sorry. I didn't know. I'm blind."

Zed blinked as her righteous anger left as swiftly as it had come. Shame slunk in to replace her anger.

"I-I apologies for screaming. Would you like for me to walk you to your dorm?" Zed whispered. She stared down at her neon green sneakers.

"Okay." Dite cheerfully said. He bounded up and waved a hand in Zed's general direction, "I'll like that very much, m'lady. And I'm sure you're a very beautiful Avian."

Zed couldn't help it. She laughed. Still laughing she grabbed Dite's arm and started leading him to the boy's dorms. "I'm not an Avian. Dad adopted me. Now what were you saying about these new teachers, again?"

"Regina and Lilium? Oh, they're very nice, They grew up together. Reg is, as I said, teaching botany. Lil is teaching photography 101."

"Neato!"

"Yup! Oh and when Lil met Seifer she…"

Much later, Zed had finally gotten back to her dorm. Snow was just beginning to fall as she went inside. Dite was a boy after her own heart. He knew so many things already. Like how Regina had become part plant. Zed sighed and leaned against the wall. A silly smile adorned her mouth as she thought of Dite. He was so nice, and sweet, and polite, and cute, and, wait a minute! What was she THINKING?! She was Zedira Spryte, tom girl, resident oddball, and firm feminist. Why was she mooning over a boy? A cute boy, true, but STILL just a boy. Shaking her head, Zed continued to her room. Maybe the snow would mean no trip to the museum!

[A/n- uuuhhh. Sorry for not updating sooner. Busy with other stuff. Anyways, please be nice and review! Pwease?]