The sixth chapter finally! I'm so sorry to keep you waiting. Serious
writer's block. I think I've finally got a winner! Phew! Hope you like.
Tell me your ideas; love to hear 'em!
Sapphire stood silently behind the limestone pillar. Her white silk robe fell below her ankles and hid the very tops of her sandals. Her red hair was pulled into a braid behind her head. The moonlight glistened in her copper eyes. She was waiting for the telltale sign.
Seth, standing nearby, ran his fingers through his light brown hair twice and looked her direction. She stepped out of the shadows and walked towards him.
"Good evening," Seth said, approaching her.
"It is indeed," she smiled as she reached him. "Why did you summon me here?"
"Come with me," he beckoned. She looked deep into his cerulean eyes with one eyebrow raised, but followed none the less. She gasped at the sight before her. She saw a section of the Nile, but it obviously wasn't natural. It was a small water garden, lit only by the light of the moon. Limestone surrounded the edges. A translucent silk curtain waved in the cool night air. Hardly necessary. The garden itself was so far from even the outskirts of the nearby cities that it would be a miracle for someone to find it, even by accident.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Seth grinned. Yes, grinned. His eyes almost held the mischief of a child. Sapphire was at a total loss for word between the beauty of this hidden garden and actually seeing him smile like that. "This makes two people who know about it."
"You mean, this is yours?" Sapphire looked at him questioningly. He nodded.
"Considering my parents are no longer alive, it would now be mine," he replied, still smiling. "This is what I wanted to show you." Against all of her former impersonated dignity and relinquishing of feelings, she threw her arms around his neck. Unfortunately, he hadn't prepared for this reaction. This caused him to lose his balance and fall. You guessed it. Right straight into the water.
Seth stood, and shook his thick chestnut hair out of his face. Sapphire was still sitting in the water, which appeared to be about three feet deep. She cracked up as her own crimson hair escaped the secure on top of her head. Wet locks framed her animated features as she laughed at the normally dignified and reserved high priest of all of Egypt drip before her. Just to make the already hilarious situation even funnier, she hit the water vigorously, causing a stream of water to hit Seth in the face. He turned around and splashed her right back. If you were for some reason under the impression that these two people were as wet as they could and were going to get tonight, you were wrong. Way, way wrong. This was the splash fight of the century.
"Cease fire!" Seth finally shouted. "What is with you tonight?"
"I have no idea," Sapphire grinned. "I just wanted to see how wet you could get!"
"Oh, that's real nice," Seth replied, trying to act mad and sarcastic, but his smile gave him away. "But seriously. I've never seen you like this before. You seem so, well, different. Just more open and ready to have fun," he said, looking into her eyes.
"I guess so. You never seemed the type to get in a splash fight really, either," Sapphire observed with a half smile.
"You have a point there," Seth laughed. Sapphire was struck by how melodious and genuinely happy his laugh sounded. He made her want to smile too. She didn't know why, but she had felt closer to him tonight than anyone else in her life.
*Sound okay? I hope so. It was the first really funny chapter this fic has had. I hope it was passable, as I am not by nature a humor author. A storyline will begin to develop within the next few chapters, I promise, KiddiChi! The next chapter will pick up exactly where this one left off. I have a plan!
Shekiah
Sapphire stood silently behind the limestone pillar. Her white silk robe fell below her ankles and hid the very tops of her sandals. Her red hair was pulled into a braid behind her head. The moonlight glistened in her copper eyes. She was waiting for the telltale sign.
Seth, standing nearby, ran his fingers through his light brown hair twice and looked her direction. She stepped out of the shadows and walked towards him.
"Good evening," Seth said, approaching her.
"It is indeed," she smiled as she reached him. "Why did you summon me here?"
"Come with me," he beckoned. She looked deep into his cerulean eyes with one eyebrow raised, but followed none the less. She gasped at the sight before her. She saw a section of the Nile, but it obviously wasn't natural. It was a small water garden, lit only by the light of the moon. Limestone surrounded the edges. A translucent silk curtain waved in the cool night air. Hardly necessary. The garden itself was so far from even the outskirts of the nearby cities that it would be a miracle for someone to find it, even by accident.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Seth grinned. Yes, grinned. His eyes almost held the mischief of a child. Sapphire was at a total loss for word between the beauty of this hidden garden and actually seeing him smile like that. "This makes two people who know about it."
"You mean, this is yours?" Sapphire looked at him questioningly. He nodded.
"Considering my parents are no longer alive, it would now be mine," he replied, still smiling. "This is what I wanted to show you." Against all of her former impersonated dignity and relinquishing of feelings, she threw her arms around his neck. Unfortunately, he hadn't prepared for this reaction. This caused him to lose his balance and fall. You guessed it. Right straight into the water.
Seth stood, and shook his thick chestnut hair out of his face. Sapphire was still sitting in the water, which appeared to be about three feet deep. She cracked up as her own crimson hair escaped the secure on top of her head. Wet locks framed her animated features as she laughed at the normally dignified and reserved high priest of all of Egypt drip before her. Just to make the already hilarious situation even funnier, she hit the water vigorously, causing a stream of water to hit Seth in the face. He turned around and splashed her right back. If you were for some reason under the impression that these two people were as wet as they could and were going to get tonight, you were wrong. Way, way wrong. This was the splash fight of the century.
"Cease fire!" Seth finally shouted. "What is with you tonight?"
"I have no idea," Sapphire grinned. "I just wanted to see how wet you could get!"
"Oh, that's real nice," Seth replied, trying to act mad and sarcastic, but his smile gave him away. "But seriously. I've never seen you like this before. You seem so, well, different. Just more open and ready to have fun," he said, looking into her eyes.
"I guess so. You never seemed the type to get in a splash fight really, either," Sapphire observed with a half smile.
"You have a point there," Seth laughed. Sapphire was struck by how melodious and genuinely happy his laugh sounded. He made her want to smile too. She didn't know why, but she had felt closer to him tonight than anyone else in her life.
*Sound okay? I hope so. It was the first really funny chapter this fic has had. I hope it was passable, as I am not by nature a humor author. A storyline will begin to develop within the next few chapters, I promise, KiddiChi! The next chapter will pick up exactly where this one left off. I have a plan!
Shekiah