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Chapter 3 - Freezing Facts

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Sitting in the VIP quarters of the ship, Mia stared out the porthole at the sloshing waves. So tranquil, so at ease, so peaceful... Not at all like her life. For years, she tried to shake her mind free of her father, but couldn't help but remember him whenever she saw Garret. What did he do to trigger such horrible memmories?

Simple.

She loved him.

True, her love for her father turned to hate, and he mistreated her, but did she really love and hate Garret? Surely not. Garret was sweet and caring; not at all like her father. So what did this fiery man have to make her worried?

He was a man.

Could all her fears be nothing? Sure, her father had loved her up to her mother's death, but that still didn't excuse her feelings of hate. The first time... the times after... his demise...

Shaking her head, Mia tried to clear her head as she curled up on the bed, wishing that the evil memories would leave her alone...

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Garret sat at the mess table, pondering his encounter with Mia back before they entered Kalay. What did she mean, "How can you love me?" I know I love her. With every fiber and blood from my body! What could have happened to make her so... depressed?

Garret couldn't begin to believe that she hated him. If he didn't know better, when he told her his feelings, she seemed to be pleased. But how could she seem so... distant...?

He considered asking Ivan, but that would cause even more problems. Ivan would know his feelings, her feelings, and why she was troubled. And if he knew, what's to say that Issac wouldn't find out?

Gathering two biscits, he strolled towards his quarters.

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Mia chuckled dryly to herself. Jumping off of the boat into the churning waves with monsters waiting to pounce seemed an easy way to end her suffering. Then again, how could Imil live with the shame of their prized Mercury Adept killing herself? *Doubtfull that they even would care. After what my father did...*

"Mia...?"

Whirling around, Mia saw Garret staring at her, a mixed expression on his face.

"What are you doing in my room, Garret?!"

"Your room? Mia, you choose to sleep in the room two doors down, remember?"

Could she have been so distracted that she did just that? Could her feelings be clouding her actions?

"I'm sorry. I'll leave you now..."

He shut the door behind him, and gestured that she stay where she sat. "Mia, you seem upset, and I care too much to see you upset. Tell me, no matter how bad, ugly, or horrible it is, please?"

As he sat next to her, Mia burst into tears, and buried her face into a surprised Garret's chest. She felt his hands wrap around her back, and for the next hour, they sat silently.

"G..G...Gar..ret, what I'.m going to tel..l you is not to leave... this room, OK?"

Garret nodded, staring directly into her eyes.

And she told him of her parents, of the hurt, the sadness, and how her father went mad... and what he did...

After she finished her story, she wiped her eyes. "If you hate me, I'll understand. I mean, how could anyone lo..."

And then he kissed her.

She never saw it coming. And she felt a burden lifted, and her feelings surging upwards.

"Mia, I know that your past was disturbing, but that's what it is: the past. This is now, and I love you."

Taken aback by his words, Mia stared into his ruby eyes. "I.. love you too..."

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End of Chapter

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*Sniff* That was a sappy ending (at least to me), so Read and Review, I need input, durnit! Heck, Launch the Flame of Death! Oh, wait, no! Not... Meteor! Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.................

CruD! Why don't people believe that I don't own Golden Sun!